E05261: Latin visitor graffiti with invocations on behalf of two people, including one monk, affiliated to an institution of a saint Caecilia (probably *Caecilia, virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146), and of a saint whose name is lost. Found in the cemetery Ad Sanctos Marcellinum et Petrum /inter duas lauros, via Labicana, Rome, in the crypt where *Marcellinus and Petrus (martyrs of Rome, S00577) were probably venerated. Probably 7th/9th c.

Graffito 1:

In a group of visitor graffiti executed with a stylus on the east wall of the so-called basilica M, an apsed crypt in the cemetery Ad Sanctos Marcellinum et Petrum. Letter height c. 6 cm.

mon(achus) + de s(an)c(t)a Cecila +
Iordannis clerecus + ora pro me p[eccatore]

'A monk + of Saint Caecilia +. Iordannis, cleric. + Pray for me, [a sinner]!'

Text: ICVR, n.s., VI, no. 15970.08-10 = EDB7602.

Graffito 2:

Executed with a stylus on the left-hand side of the east wall of the same so-called basilica M, an apsed crypt in the cemetery Ad Sanctos Marcellinum et Petrum, close to the passage leading to cubiculum Ma. Letter height 2.5-4.5 cm.

[Te]odius
[de s(an)c(t)]a Cecilia

'Teodius (?) [of Saint] Caecilia.'

Text: ICVR, n.s., VI, no. 15971 = EDB6630.

Graffito 3:

In a group of visitor graffiti (the same as in no. 1 above) executed with a stylus on the east wall of the same so-called basilica M. Letter height c. 3.5 cm.

[- - -]
s(an)c(t)i [- - -]

'[- - -] of Saint [- - -]'

Text: ICVR, n.s., VI, no. 15970.05 = EDB9457.