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203. Christian funerary inscription of Fuzanus

Description:: Re-used paving-slab (w: 0.42 x h: 0.60) of grey limestone.
Text:: Inscribed on one face.
Letters:: 0.04-0.05.
Date:: Fifth-sixth century A.D. (context)
Findspot:: Sabratha: Cemetery east of Church I. One of three in situ covering a grave
Original Location:: Findspot
Last recorded location:: Findspot
Bibliography:: R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', 10. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.
Text constituted from:: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)

crux Bon(a)e memor-
i(a)e Fuzani bi-
xit in pake an<n>-
os XCV plus m(inus)
5et requieb-
it in pake s(ub) d(ie)
VIII m(ensis) Februari
ind(ictione) XII crux

crux BONEMEMOR
IEFVZANIBI
XITINPAKEAN<N>
OSXCVPLVSM
5ETREQVIEB
ITINPAKESD
VIIIMFEBRVARI
INDXII crux

<ab>

<expan>

<abbr>

Bon

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

memor

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

</expan>

Fuzani

xit

pake

</supplied>

XCV

</num>

plus

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

inus

</ex>

</expan>

requieb

pake

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ensis

</ex>

</expan>

Februari

<expan>

<abbr>

ind

</abbr>

<ex>

ictione

</ex>

</expan>

XII

</num>

</ab>

Translation:

( cross) To the good memory of Fuzanus. He lived in peace for approximately 95 years (and was laid to rest in peace) on the 8th February in the twelfth indiction. ( cross)