Funerary inscription of the presbyter Barusus, found in Mérida (southern Spain), dated to 4 October 522.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Barusus
praesbiter
famulus dei
4 vixi · annos · XL
requievit · in pa
ce · d(ie) III nonas ·
Octobres era DLX
(ed. Ramírez Sádaba, Mateos Cruz 2000: 22)
I, the presbyter Barusus, servant of God, lived for forty years. He rested in peace on the third day before the Nones of October in the 560 year of the era [=4 October 522]
(trans. M. Szada)
Place of event:
Region
Iberian Peninsula
City
Merida
About the source:
Origin: Merida (Iberian Peninsula)
Inscription on the white marble slab. Its inferior part is missing as can be judged from the incompleteness of the ornament below the text. The text itself is inscribed within the engraved rectangle. Dimensions: 79 cm height, 36,5 width, 4,8/3,5 cm depth. Currently kept in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano in Mérida, inv. no 13.858
Edition:
Ramírez Sádaba, J., Mateos Cruz, P., Catálogo de las inscripciones cristianas de Mérida, Mérida 2000, pp. 58-59, nº 22 (ill.)
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
M. Szada, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER2211, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2211
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