215. Christian funerary inscription of Nadese

Description:
Tomb-slab (measurements unrecorded) of local sandstone coated with plaster. 
Text:
Lightly incised on a surface of plaster 
Letters:
Measurements unrecorded; uncial D. 
Date:
Unknown  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Findspot unrecorded. The text is known from a photograph only. 
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 In n(omine) D(omi)ni
(Iesus) (Christ)i meṃ-
oria Nadese
filia Misẹḳor
5 bixit ann(os) VII
dies LX [·] re-
q[·· 6··]ie
[---]
crux INNDNI
ΙΗΣΧΡIME·
ORIANADESE
FILIAMIS··OR
5BIXITANNVII
DIESLX[·]RE
Q[·· 6··]IE
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="crux" > </g>
In
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
omine
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
omi
</ex>
<abbr>
ni
</abbr>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
ΙΗΣ
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
Iesus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
ΧΡ
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
Christ
</ex>
<abbr>
i
</abbr>
</expan>
me
<unclear reason="" >
m
</unclear>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
oria
Nadese
<lb n="4" />
filia
Mis
<unclear reason="" >
ek
</unclear>
or
<lb n="5" />
bixit
<expan>
<abbr>
ann
</abbr>
<ex>
os
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="7" >
VI
I
</num>
<lb n="6" />
dies
<num value="60" >
LX
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
re
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
q
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" />
ie
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

Translation:

(cross) In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, in memory of Nadese, daughter of Misekor. She lived 7 years 60 ((?+)) days and went to rest [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 1)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 1)

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