224. Fragmentary Christian funerary inscription
- Description:
- Two fragments of inscribed marble panels found re-used, face downwards, as patches to the sixth century mosaic in the S aisle of the Justinian church. The fragments have been re-set, face upwards. a) Yellow breccia. b) Purple breccia.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the visible face.
- Letters:
- a) Roughly-scored lettering: 0.03-0.04. b) Roughly-scored lettering: 0.03-0.04.
- Date:
- Fourth to sixth century A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: The Justinian church in the S aisle.
- 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)
ab
ab
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
atri
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
uixit
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
nos
</ex>
<num
>
I
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</num>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
kal
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
endas
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
ori
ned
<unclear
reason=""
>
o
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="1a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
/>
Translation:
a. [·· ? ··] (l.2) he/she lived [·· ? ··] years [? months and went to rest] on the first (or a day calculated in relation to the first of a month)
b. (Not usefully translatable.)
Commentary:
No comment.
- Photographs:
- none.
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 6 to validate this file.)