WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0195. Christian funerary inscriptions

Description: Left-hand side of a mosaic panel
Text: Mosaic text within an irregular tabella ansata (die, surviving w: 1.33 x h: 0.32 x d: 0.42). a to the left and b to the right of d; c in the left, only surviving, ansa. The spaces are filled with simple foliate ornament. The right ansa is missing.
Letters: Fourth century CE; a) 0.10-0.15. b) 0.10-0.15. c) 0.05.

Date: Fourth century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio IV, , from the catacomb to the east of the Theatre
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Sabratha Museum.

Interpretive

a
Augu-
ria
b
P(lu)s m(inus)
qui bi-
xit ann-
os LXV
c
-
Siddi-
npal-
ni
d
Ὠ(μέγα) ((Chi-Rho)) Ἄ(λφα)

Diplomatic

a
AUGU
RIA
b
PSM
QUIBI
XITANN
OSLXV
c

SIDDI
NPAL
NI
d
Ω Α

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

a. Auguria

; b. who lived approximately 65 years

c. Sidinnipal (or Siddinipal)

d. Omega (Chi-Rho symbol) Alpha

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 195, whence IRT, 2009, 195, whence EDH 059171.

Images

None available (2021).