tombstone from Carthage

MGECC-1285
Object type tombstone
Fabric epigraphic material
Culture/period Roman world
Materials marble
Technique cut, carving
Mint
Production date 400 / 499
Museum Museu de Guissona
Current location Exposició permanent
Archaeological site Iesso
Township Guissona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Segarra)
Dimensions 1305 x 480 x 30 mm
Description
Rectangular funeral stone that covered a tomb. It has the inscription CARTAGO QUI ESCETI IN PACE which is headed by a primitive Christian iconographic theme, a krater flanked by two doves and grapes. It is an early Christian tombstone that defines a primitive Christianity in the city of Iesso. It was found in the necropolis of the courtyard of the chapel in the cloister of the church.
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Omeka ID 549