V. 21 (2023)
Note e discussioni

Note di lettura all’epitaffio greco Roma, Abbazia di San Paolo fuori le Mura, inv. 50825 (TM 309415)

Marco Fressura
Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Pubblicato 2024-01-31

Parole chiave

  • Greek inscription,
  • epitaph,
  • Via Ostiense Necropolis at Rome,
  • foreigners in Late antique Rome,
  • Syrian toponyms

Abstract

 A new examination of the original inscription TM 309415 kept at the Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome has led to a reconsideration of its layout and text, namely a Greek epitaph for a Syrian man who died in 431 AD.