Priest John

Priest Ivan (John)

Natpis svećenika Ivana, Arheološki muzej Split, Salona, Salona, Marusinac, 599. - 603. g.

Note: Marcellinus was a his brother.

• Bio je čuvar bazilike sv. Anastazija na Marusincu u Solinu.
• Spominje se prokonzul Marcelin, vjerojatno kao namjesnika Dalmacije; taj Marcelin je po jednima nećak svećenika Ivana, po drugima njegov sin, a po trećima brat.

Nadgrobna ploča svećenika Ivana sastavljena je od tri ploče. Na početku prvog retka je križ, a na kraju posljednjeg retka hedera (list bršljana). Natpis ima veliko povijesno značenje iz nekoliko razloga. Ponajprije, spominje svećenika Ivana koji je bio čuvar bazilike sv. Anastazija na Marusincu u Solinu. Nadalje, spominje prokonzula Marcelina, vjerojatno kao namjesnika Dalmacije; taj Marcelin je po jednima nećak svećenika Ivana, po drugima njegov sin, a po trećima brat. Treće je značenje ovog natpisa u tome što je jedan od najkasnijih salonitanskih i dalmatinskih metričkih natpisa. Još jedna zanimljivost vezana uz ovaj natpis jest da je don Frani Buliću poslužio kao predložak za njegov nadgrobni natpis.

• Restitucija: † Hic iacit(!) Iohannes / peccatur(!) et in/dignus presbiter(!) // †Expleto annorum cir/culo quinto hunc(!) / sibi sepulcrum Io/hannis(!) condere iussit / Marcellino suo procon/sule nato germano prae/sente simul cunctosque(!) // nepotes(!) ornavit tumolum(!) / mente fideli defunctus acces/sit obsis(!) una cum coniuge natis / Anastasii servans reverenda / limina s(an)c(t)i tertio post decimum / Augusti numero mens(is) ind(ictionis).
• Prijevod: Ivan, grešnik, tu leži, svećenik nedostojan toga. Godinam ispuniv svojim peti krug dobni za redom grob taj Ivan je dao, narediv, podignut sebi; rođeni brat mu Marcelin, prokonzul, nazočan bješe, uz njega, zajedno, bjehu i brojni nećaci svi mu. Umrijevši čistom je vjerom grobu tom ukras sad dao; priključi sad se, ko jamac, skupa sa suprugom, djeci čuvajuć pragove časne Anastaziju svetom. Mjeseca augusta, trinaestog dana po redu, za indikcije druge, vrijeme svog okonča vijeka.

English

The tombstone of the priest John is composed of three tablets. At the beginning of the first row is a cross, and at the end of the last row is a header (ivy leaf). The inscription has great historical significance for several reasons. First of all, he mentions the priest John who was the guardian of the Basilica of St. Anastasia on Marusinac in Solin. Furthermore, he mentions Proconsul Marcellinus, probably as governor of Dalmatia; this Marcellin is, according to some, the nephew of the priest John, according to others his son, and according to others his brother. The third meaning of this inscription is that it is one of the latest Salonitan and Dalmatian metric inscriptions. Another interesting thing about this inscription is that don Frani Bulić served as a template for his tombstone inscription.

• Restitution: † Hic iacit(!) Iohannes / peccatur(!) et in/dignus presbiter(!) // †Expleto annorum cir/culo quinto hunc(!) / sibi sepulcrum Io/hannis(!) condere iussit / Marcellino suo procon/sule nato germano prae/sente simul cunctosque(!) // nepotes(!) ornavit tumolum(!) / mente fideli defunctus acces/sit obsis(!) una cum coniuge natis / Anastasii servans reverenda / limina s(an)c(t)i tertio post decimum / Augusti numero mens(is) ind(ictionis).
• Translation: John, the sinner, lies there, a priest unworthy of it. For years, having fulfilled the fifth circle of his age in a row, the tomb that John gave, I ordered, was erected for himself; his own brother Marcelin, the proconsul, was present, and with him, together, were his many nephews. Having died by pure faith, he now gave the tomb an ornament; join now, as a guarantor, together with his wife, guarding the thresholds of the holy Anastasia to the children. The month of August, the thirteenth day in a row, for the indications of the second, is the time of the end of its age.