Paulo's funeral tombstone, Evora

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Abstract

Paulo's funeral tombstone dated 544 A.D. possibly from Mértola. It is carved on a large rectangular slate plate. It has an incised decoration with two columns, a Greek cross and two rosettes. Keep an inscription: DEPOSI / TIO PAV / LI FAMV / LVS DEI / VIXSIT / ANNOS L E / T VNO REQUI / EVIT IN PAC / E D (ie) III IDVS M / ARTIAS R / A DLXXXII. The translation would be: Deposition of Paulo, servant of God. He lived 51 years. He rested in peace on the 3rd day of the idus of March of the 582 era (March 13, 544). It is currently preserved in the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum (Évora, Portugal). Catalog No. ME1725. BARATA, António Francisco - Catalogo do Museu Archeologico da Cidade de Evora. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1903, p. 39. VIVES, José - Inscripciones Cristanas de la España Romana y Visigoda. Barcelona: 1969, p. 83. 316 photos from Canon 5D Mk IV. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, meshed, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured) in Reality Capture. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

Fields of Study & Subjects

Caribbean and African Literature and Culture Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Diaspora migration transnational identity

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
24 July 2026
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EN
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