Funerary inscription of Mocimus, possibly a presbyter from Antioch (probably in Syria) deposed in Salona (Dalmatia), 4th or 5th century.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
[Presbyte?]r Mocimu[s]
[Ant]iochenus ex [Syria?]
[depo]situs est in h[oc tumulo]
[post] mortem suam [-----]
5 [qu]od si quis tem[eraverit]
[dabit ecclesiae? --------------]
(ed. Demicheli 2008: 69)
[Presbyter?] Mocimus Antiochenus from Syria laid in this grave after his death.
Should any defile it, [they shall give to the church?
-----------------------].
(trans. Demicheli 2008: 69)
Discussion:
The reconstruction of the word pesbyter is highly hypothetical.
Place of event:
Region
Danubian provinces and Illyricum
East
City
Salona
Antioch
About the source:
Origin: Salona (Danubian provinces and Illyricum)
The inscription is on a piece of limestone which was a part of a sarcophagus. The fragment is broken on all sides, its dimensions: 32-37 cm height, 33-39 cm width, 10 cm length. The size of letters: 5,5 cm in the first line and 4 cm in the fifth line. The inscription is difficult to date, the editor proposed the 4th or 5th century because of the formula at the end of the inscription. See Demicheli 2008: 69, fig. 9.
Edition:
D. Demicheli, "Novi antički natpisi iz „podruma” dioklecijanove palače = New Roman-era inscriptions from the „cellars” of Diocletian’s palace," Opuscula Archaeologica 32 (2008), 55–79.
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
M. Szada, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER2192, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2192
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