The Presbyters Project

(ed. Vives 1942: no. 96)

[cross in a cricle]: + Britto presbyter lived 65 years, rested in the peace of the Lord on the Nones of August in the 584 year of the era (= 5 VIII 546).

(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

The date on the inscription is given according to the Spanish Era, which began in 38 BC.

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Mértola

About the source:

Origin: Mértola (Iberian Peninsula)

The inscription was sent to Newcastle upon Tyne ca 1888 from Mértola in Portugal by an Englishman, Mr. Warden. The text was inscribed on the marble slab ca 60 cm long and ca 50 cm wide (Bruce 1888).

Edition:

Editions:

J.C. Bruce, ``A Roman inscription from Mértola, Portugal``, in: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, vol. 3, 1888, 264.

Hispania Epigraphica Online Database, no. 29853

E. Diehl, Inscriptiones latinae christianae veteres, Berlin 1925-1932, no. 1175C.

E.W.E. Hübner, Inscriptiones Hispaniae christianae. Supplementum, Berlin 1900, no. 305.

J. Vives, Inscripciones cristianas de la España romana y visigoda, Barcelona 1942, no. 96.

Bibliography:

J.C. Bruce, "A Roman inscription from Mértola, Portugal", in: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, vol. 3, 1888, 264.

Categories:

Burial/Funerary inscription

PR90.

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

PR90.

Age

PR90.

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER153, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=153