256. Christian funerary inscription for Ianes

Description:
Tomb. Not seen.  
Text:
Not seen. 
Letters:
Unknown 
Date:
Unknown  
Findspot:
Oea: A tomb to the S of the main cemetery at Ain Zara , one of a group seen and briefly recorded by Aurigemma in 1913 (see 261). 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1913) 
Bibliography:
S. Aurigemma, L'Area cemeteriale cristiana di Ain Zara (Studi di Antichità cristiana pubblicati per cura del Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana V), Rome, 1932, 169- 170. 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:
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[In] ọḳ tumulo
p̣ositus est
b(onae) m(emoriae) Ianes biksit
in pake pl(us) m(inus) an(nos) XXX
5rekiebit su(b) karta
decima mensis Aprilis
[···]··TVMVLO
·OSITVSEST
BMIANESBIKSIT
INPAKEPLMANXXX
5REKIEBITSVKARTA
DECIMAMENSISAPRILIS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
In
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
ok
</unclear>
tumulo
<lb n="2" />
<unclear reason="" >
p
</unclear>
ositus
est
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
b
</abbr>
<ex>
onae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
emoriae
</ex>
</expan>
Ianes
biksit
<lb n="4" />
in
pake
<expan>
<abbr>
pl
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
inus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
nos
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="30" >
XXX
</num>
<lb n="5" />
rekiebit
<expan>
<abbr>
su
</abbr>
<ex>
b
</ex>
</expan>
karta
<lb n="6" />
decima
mensis
Aprilis
</ab>

Translation:

[In] this tomb is buried Ianes of good memory; he lived in peace approximately 30 years and went to rest on the 14th of the month of April.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:
none.

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