ICS Study of Jewish Catacomb of Vigna Randanini – Via Appia Antica (2004)

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2212-2367: Jewish Catacomb of the Vigna Randanini
2368-2371: Outside of San Sebastiano

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Detail of a marble inion, found in situ in the catacomb of Randanini (Frey #208, Noy #285). In Latin: "Ael(lis) Alexandria Ael(iae) Septimae matri karissimae benemer (en) t(i) fecit. "Aelia Alexandria set up (this stone) to Aelia Septima, her dearest mother, in grateful memory." Amphora, ram's head and ethrog at bottom. Now in the Jewish Museum in New York. Photo: PCAS Ran Tl2 - Vigna Randanini.


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Jewish Catacombs of the Vigna Randanini