Description:
block of stuccoed sandstone
(w:
0.47 x h:
0.40 x d:
0.45). One of two or more similar blocks, comprising a freestanding tomb of the
type characteristic of the later cemeteries at Sabratha and in Tripolitania generally.
Text: A cross in relief on the rounded upper surface and inscribed on one end within a frame of horizontal lines;
Letters: 0.05-0.06
Date: Sixth-seventh century CE (context, form)
Findspot:
Sabratha:
Regio IV,
The late cemetery north-east of the Theatre.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
[(cross)?] Of good memory, Irene lived for three years and one month and was laid to rest in peace [on---] (cross)
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 209, whence IRT, 2009, 209, whence EDH 059185; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.S.107)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (/)