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) 
a
[·· ? ··]atri[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] uixit an(nos) I[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] kal[endas ·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]ori nedọ[·· ? ··]
[---]
a
[·· ? ··]ATRI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VIXITANI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]KAL[········ ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]ORINED·[·· ? ··]
[---]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<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>
nos
</ex>
</expan>
<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" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<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" />
</ab>
</div>

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.

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