E05246: Painting on the vault of a cubiculum, showing Christ flanked by the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) in the upper register, and, in the lower register, four martyrs labelled with painted Latin inscriptions: *Gorgonius (martyr of Rome, S00576), *Marcellinus and Petrus (martyrs of Rome, S00577), and *Tiburtius (son of the prefect Chromatius and martyr of Rome, S01404), flanking the Lamb of God. Found in the cemetery inter duas lauros /ad Sanctos Marcellinum et Petrum, via Labicana, Rome. Probably 5th c.

The upper register shows Christ seated on a bench with cushion. Christ is bearded, has a nimbus, and is wearing purple garments. He is wearing sandals and supporting his feet on a plain rectangular footstool. His right hand is raised in the gesture of blessing; in his left hand he is holding an open book. The letters Α and Ω are painted to the right and left of his head, and a christogram surmounts his head. He is flanked by two unlabelled saints with distinctively different beards and haircuts, wearing sandals and white garments. These are certainly the Apostles Peter and Paul. The background is decorated with floral motifs and images of ears of wheat.

The lower register shows four male figures dressed in the same way as the Apostles, on the same background. They are flanking, facing, and venerating with their right hands the Lamb of God standing on a rock. The Lamb has a nimbus. Four streams gush from the rock.

The male figures are labelled from left to right: Gorconi|us, Petrus, Marcellinus, Tibur|tius.

Yet another label is placed to the right and to the left of the nimbus of the Lamb: Ior|das. A christogram surmounts the Lamb.

For the text of the labels, see: ICVR, n.s., VI, no. 15941 = EDB10980.