Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-30
A Buried Cemetery.

The excavations at Salona, Dalmatia,
carried on at the expense of the Aus
trian Ministry of Education, have just
been recommended, under the guidance,
as before, of Professor Glsvinich, the
director of the Spalato Museum, to
whose labors in this field heologists
are already so much indebted.
Outside the walls, hundred yards
or so, to the north of the point within
the walls where the remains of q Chris
tian baptistry had already been brought
to light by Signor Carrara, stands the
little church of st. Doimo, whose name
still preserves that of the protomartyr
of the Roman city. Near this spot
several sarcophagi of late Roman form
had from time to time come to light,
and it was here, therefore, that Profess
sor Glavinich set about his work of ex
cavation. with view of discovering
the extent and character of the ceme-
terry that evidently lay below the sur
face. The work was begun in the au
tumn Of 1874, with results far exceed
ing the N ost sanguine hopes of the inves-
tigators. These results, up to the pres
ent date, have been to lay bare not only
number of Christian sarcophagi dat
ing from tho fourth aud filth centu-
ries, but part Of the ground-plan of a
large building. The first part of this
brought to light consisted of what appar-
emily Was small chapel, with an apse at
the northern extremity in the center the
altar steps; and ranged along the side
wall III two rows, one superposed above
the other, Christian sarcophagi. These
are still to be seen in stu, and one in
the upper row bears an inscription,
written from right to left, recording
the erection of the monument in the
consulship of Honorius and Theodosius,
A. D. 403. This side chapel opens into
a small intermediate chamber, where
no tombs were discovered, and this,
again, into the taain body OF what must
have been considerable hasilica. At
present only the eastern end of this,
terminating in o semi-circular apse
larger than that of the side chapel, has
been disinterred. This basiica was o
veritable Church OF the Martyrs"
The pavement had been built over an
area literally crowded with Christian
sarcophagi, the keeled reofs Of some OF
these having been chiselled away so as
not to interfere with the level of the
pavement subsequently laid above
them, and of which, indeed they formed
a partial support. 1t is remarkable
that these neither sepulchres had been
broken into for purposes OF barbarian
plumber, as were also those in the side
chapel. The Christian cemetery must,
therefore, in ali probability, have been
rlhsd by barbarian hands before the
erection of what may have been a me-
mortal church above them. The rifiing
Of the tombs, probably OF la:er date,
IN the chapel of this subsequently
erected basllica, was no doubt the WORK
OF later barbarian iucursion, perhaps
OF the great incursion OF the Sclavs and
Avars about the year GAO, which over
whelmed Salona herself. That the
basillca itselt-the Church OF the Mar
tyrs, as, perhaps, We may venture to
call it CONTINUED to be used for q con.
siderable period is shown by the ap,
pearance of triple layer OF mosaic
pavements. superposed above each 9th
er at intervals Of few inches. Above
these lie the remains OF mighty mono.
lithic granite columns and Corinthian
capitals, copied in slightly debased
style from these still standing in the
peristyle OF Diocletians palace at
Spalato. -H~per's Weekly.
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