Epitaph of Orania

Name: Epitaph of Orania



Transcript:

ORANI-

A P (A)M (U)L (A) DEI VIXIT

ANN(OS) TES REQUIEVIT

IN PACE D (IE) IDUS

NOVEMB(RES) ER-

A LAS



Which in English means:

Orania, servant of God, lived for three years;

Rested in peace on the (first) day of the Ides of November of Era 541 (which in our calendar is the 13th of November of 503 AD)



Provenance: Found in a tombstone facing the Chapel of Santo António dos Pescadores in the 19th century by archaeologist Estácio da Veiga.

Materials: Marble

Description: Gravestone topped by the Chi Rho on the right and equal-armed cross on the left. A wreath surrounds the inscription.

Conservation status: Good



Retrieved from: Torres, C; Macias, S., (Coord.) (1993) – Museu de Mértola - Basílica Paleocristã. Mértola, Campo Arqueológico de Mértola.