217. Christian funerary inscription of Segeddutis

Description:
Marble panel (w: 0.35 x h: 0.25 x d: 0.25). 
Text:
Inscribed one one face. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D.: 0.025-0.04; uncial G. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Catacomb to the E of the Theatre. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum. 
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) 
Ispiritus bon(a)e mem-
ori(a)e tecu(m) Segedd-
utis qui bixit an-
nis LX plus mi-
5nus
ISPIRITVSBONEMEM
ORIETECVSEGEDD
VTISQVIBIXITAN
NISLXPLVSMI
5NVS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Ispiritus
<expan>
<abbr>
bon
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
mem
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
ori
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
tecu
</abbr>
<ex>
m
</ex>
</expan>
Segedd
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
utis
qui
bixit
an
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
nis
<num value="60" >
LX
</num>
plus
mi
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
nus
</ab>

Translation:

In the holy spirit. To the good memory with you of Segeddutis (? Segeddus) who lived approximately 60 years.

Commentary:

Line 1, see Diehl, Inscr. Lat. Crist. Vet. III. 409, s.v. spiritus A.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr DS 859 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr DS 859 Leica)

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