Latin epitaph in mosaic, marking a burial near the body of *Salsa (virgin and martyr of Tipasa, S02130), in her church in Tipasa (Mauretania Caesariensis, western North Africa), 450/600.
Evidence ID
E07929
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
VI...............
SA..............
e[t nob]ile co[r]
pus sanc[te]
martyris [Sa]
lse CLIM ....
adiunc[tus or adiuncta]
est sep[ultus or sepulta]
.....................
'Clim[....] is joined and buried near the noble body of the holy martyr Salsa'.
Text: Y. Duval 1982, no. 172 (after H.I. Marrou).
Translation: Stanisław Adamiak.
Non Liturgical Activity
Burial ad sanctos
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Source
The inscription is a mosaic, covering a tomb in the pavement of the basilica of Salsa in Tipasa, in the part constructed in the second half of the 5th or in the 6th century. The dimensions of the inscription are 135 cm x 78 cm. The letters are between 12 and 16 cm high, alternately in red and blue on a white background.Discussion
No sense can be made of the first two lines, nor can the name (and even gender) of the buried person be reconstructed. However, enough survives to make it certain that this is an inscription recording a burial 'ad sanctos', deliberately close to the body of Salsa.Bibliography
Editions:Duval, Y., Loca sanctorum Africae: Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du IVe au VIIe siècle (Rome: École Française de Rome, 1982), vol. 1, 362-365, no. 172.
Marrou, H.I., "Une inscription martyrologique de Tipasa," Bulletin archéologique du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques 1971 (1973), 219-223.
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From Y. Duval 1982, no. 172, after H.I. Marrou
Record Created By
Stanisław Adamiak
Date of Entry
29/06/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S02130 | Salsa, virgin and martyr of Tipasa | Salsa | Certain |
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