211. Christian funerary inscription of Laurentius

Description:
Tomb-slab (w: 0.29 x h: 0.37) of grey marble. 
Text:
Inscribed within a narrow horizontal frame, in the left border of which is a schematic plant. 
Letters:
0.06-0.075. 
Date:
Fifth to sixth centuries A.D. (context) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: The cemetery in the South Forum Portico. In situ. 
Original Location:
Findspot 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', 3. 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) 
Bon(a)e m(emoria)e Laurenti
BONEMELAVRENTI
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Bon
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
emoria
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
Laurenti
</ab>

Translation:

To the good memory of Laurentius.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VIII.32)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VIII.32)

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