Christianfunerary inscriptionJ. M. ReynoldsJ. B. Ward-Perkins
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Republished from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British
School at Rome, 1952.
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ArabicEnglishFrenchGermanAncient GreekTransliterated GreekModern GreekHebrewItalianLatinPunicNative Libyan language in Latin scriptTripolitaniaLibyaAl Aşābi`ah2008-09-09ZAconverted using CHET-C2009-05-19RVAdded Figures2009-08-24RVAdded Figures
Description of Monument
Elaborate tomb-slab (0.501.600.07, height incomplete) of soft brown limestone
Description of Text
Carved and inscribed in low counter-relief. The inscription (die, 0.350.90,
height incomplete) occupies the lower and taller of two rectangular panels set within a guilloche border.
Above is a Latin cross, with stars in the upper corners; A and Ω and two leaves in the lower.
Description of Letters
Capitals: 0.065.
Date
No indication
Locations
Western Djebel:
Found in situ in the apse of the church 1 km. South of Ras el-Uadi and 3 km. North West of the mudariya of
El-Asabaa (map ref. Q 143782).
Findspot
Tripoli Castle.
Bibliography
Bartoccini, , II: 84-88, fig. 11.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
Deopropitiohicpausat bonaememoriaeTurrentipresbiteriquibixitinpaceannosquadragintaseptemplusminusrequieuitinpace
Translation
Cross With God favourable, here rests Turrentius, presbyter, of good memory, who lived in peace approximately forty-seven years and was laid to rest in peace