Fragmentary Latin inscription, with mention of *Salsa (virgin and martyr of Tipasa, S02130). Found at Tipasa (Mauretania Caesariensis, western North Africa), near the basilica consecrated to the saint. 4th/5th c.
Evidence ID
E07928
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
De Dei promissa [...]ic qu[ies]
cit in nomine Cris[ti...]tra[...]
Salsa [...
[The sense of the inscription is unclear; for an interpretation, see the discussion]
Text: Duval 1982, no. 171 (after Gsell and Monceaux).
Cult PlacesCult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityVow
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Cult building - independent (church)
Cult building - dependent (chapel, baptistery, etc.)
Non Liturgical ActivityVow
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Source
Three conjoining pieces of a rectangular limestone block, found at the end of the 19th century near the basilica of Salsa in Tipasa. The block (whose current location is unknown) was 56 cm high and 42 cm thick. The original length is unknown; it may have been about 190 cm. The letters are regular and 14 cm high.Discussion
The inscription has a monumental form, and may well have been over the door of a small building neighbouring the basilica of Salsa.Given its fragmentary state, various reconstructions of the text have been attempted. However, as Y. Duval points out, the only sure conclusions are the expression of dedication in the first line, and the name of Salsa in the third.
Bibliography
Edition and discussion:Duval, Y., Loca sanctorum Africae: Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du IVe au VIIe siècle (Rome: École Française de Rome, 1982), vol. 1, 362-363 no. 171.
Images
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From Y. Duval 1982, no. 171
Record Created By
Stanisław Adamiak
Date of Entry
27/06/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S02130 | Salsa, virgin and martyr of Tipasa | Salsa | Certain |
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