E05357: Latin epitaph invoking *Hippolytus (martyr of Rome, S00509), named domnus, to aid the deceased and provide refrigerium in his afterlife. Found on the via Tiburtina, probably the cemetery of Hippolytus, Rome. Now lost. Probably 4th c.

refrgeri tibi do-
mnus Ipolitus sid

The general meaning of the text is more or less clear (Saint Hippolytus is invoked to aid the deceased), the exact interpretation of the phrasing has, however, been disputed. Giovanni Battista de Rossi considered the following interpretations:

1) First suggested by Rafaele Garucci in Vetri ornati di figure in oro... (Roma: , 1858), 45, note 2: refr(i)geri(o) tibi domnus Ipolitus sit, which he probably understood as 'May the lord Hippolytus be as a refreshment to you!'

2) First suggested by de Rossi himself, and supported by Antonio Ferrua in the ICVR series: refrigeret tibi domnus Ipolitus Sid(oni), 'May the lord Hippolytus refresh/relieve you, Sidonius (or Siddinius, etc.)!'

Text: ICVR, n.s., VII, no. 20166 = EDB21202.