Original scientific paper

Perditum et repertum: the sarcophagus of Deacon Flavius Julius (ad CIL III 2654)

Dino Demicheli

Abstract

The part of a sarcophagus discovered during the renovation of the
floor of the choir section in Split’s cathedral was formerly part of
the inscription collection of Dmine Papalić, and until recently it was
considered lost. Of the sarcophagus, which bore two inscriptions,
only a fragment of the front left side has been preserved with a
portion of its inscription. What is known is that the sarcophagus
with the frontal inscription emerged not later than 358, and that
it was formerly installed in Salona, and that it was commissioned
by Deacon Flavius Julius and his wife Aurelia Januaria during
his lifetime. This paper analyzes the onomastic and linguistic
characteristics of the inscription, i.e. the forms of Vulgar Latin in Salona during Late Antiquity.

Keywords

Late Antiquity; Dalmatia; Salona; Marulić; Papalić; Salona Church; Flavius; Aurelius; Vulgar Latin; pausatio; threats on inscriptions

Hrčak ID:

47744

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/47744

Publication date:

1.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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