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
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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.
© Museu de Guissona
Omeka ID
549