E07468: Very fragmentary painted Latin and Greek inscriptions, allegedly referring to the see of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and to *Papias (martyr of Rome, S02057). Found in the Coemeterium Maius / Catacombe di Sant'Emerenziana on the via Nomentana, Rome. Probably late 4th - early 5th c. [provisional entry]

Inscription A:

II
febras
ob amor[- - -]
IS san.[- - -]

RomaIIe[---]

The text was restored by Armellini as follows: [XV kal.] febras ob amor[em sed]is san[cti Petri qua primum] Romae se[dit]/'[On the 15th day before the Calends] of February, through love of the see of Saint [Peter, which (?)] he first held in Rome'. Ferrua is rightly sceptical about the accuracy of this restoration.

Inscription B:

(monogramm: Θεόδωρος) πρ(εσβύτερος)

'Theodore the presbyter'

The inscription is probably later than the other two, and dated to the 5th c. by de Rossi.

Inscription C:

[---]p[---]
[---]ia [---]

This is taken by Ferrua as the name of the martyr Papias and associated with $E06038.

Text: ICVR, n.s., VIII, no. 21593 = EDB35779, EDB16898, EDB35780.