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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0203. Christian funerary inscription of Fuzanus

Description: Re-used paving-slab (w: 0.42 x h: 0.60) of grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: 0.04-0.05.

Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio III, Cemetery east of Church I. One of three in situ covering a grave
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

((crux)) Bon(a)e memor-
i(a)e Fuzani bi-
xit in pake an<n>-
os XCV plus m(inus)
5et requieb-
it in pake s(ub) d(ie)
UIII m(ensis) Februari
ind(ictione) XII ((crux))

Diplomatic

BONEMEMOR
IEFUZANIBI
XITINPAKEAN
OSXCVPLUSM
5ETREQUIEB
ITINPAKESD
UIIIMFEBRUARI
INDXII

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

( cross) To the good memory of Fuzanus. He lived in peace for approximately 95 years (scil. and was laid to rest in peace) on the 8th February in the twelfth indiction. ( cross)

Commentary

Line 7: VIII. For this symbol, see also 205, 207,210,212,214,215,218, 219

Bibliography: Bartoccini, Basiliche, no. 10; IRT, 1952, 203, whence IRT, 2009, 203, whence EDH 059179; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.VIII.29)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.VIII.23)