214. Christian funerary inscription of Matrona

Description:
Large slab of grey limestone (w: 0.60 x h: 1.05 x d: 0.19) re-used as a tomb-slab. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
0.04-0.10. 
Date:
Fifth-seventh century A.D. (context, form) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Cemetery SE of Church III, loose beside 206. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Not previously published. 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 Bona me-
(m)oria Ma-
trona bix(it) an<n>os XXXVII
pl(us) m(inus) bix(it) in p(ace)
5 dica[t] tibi D(omi)n(u)s
remissa su-
nt tibi pec(c)ata
crux BONAME
ORIAMA
TRONABIXAN<N>OSXXXVII
PLMBIXINP
5DICA[··]TIBIDNS
REMISSASV
NTTIBIPECATA
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="crux" > </g>
Bona
<expan>
<abbr>
me
</abbr>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<ex>
m
</ex>
<abbr>
oria
</abbr>
</expan>
Ma
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
trona
<expan>
<abbr>
bix
</abbr>
<ex>
it
</ex>
</expan>
an
<supplied reason="omitted" >
n
</supplied>
os
<num value="37" >
XXX
VI
I
</num>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
pl
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
inus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
bix
</abbr>
<ex>
it
</ex>
</expan>
in
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ace
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
dica
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
tibi
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
omi
</ex>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
u
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
remissa
su
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
nt
tibi
<expan>
<abbr>
pec
</abbr>
<ex>
c
</ex>
<abbr>
ata
</abbr>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

(cross) Of good memory, Matrona lived approximately 37 years. She lived in peace. May the Lord say to you "your sins are forgiven".

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.11)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.11)

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