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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0218. Christian funerary inscription of Stefanus

Description: Tomb-slab ( w: 0.52 x h: 1.93) cut from a split cipollino column.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: 0.045-0.08.

Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio III, Cemetery East of Church IIn situ.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

((crux)) Bo(na)e mem-
ori(a)e Ste-
fanus bi-
xit in pa-
5ce anno-
s LV ind(ictione) UIII

Diplomatic

BOEMEM
ORIESTE
FANUSBI
XITINPA
5CEANNO
SLVINDUIII

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(cross) Of good memory, Stefanus, lived in peace 55 years approximately, and died in the eighth indiciton.

Bibliography: Bartoccini, Basiliche, 9; IRT, 1952, 218, whence IRT, 2009, 218, whence EDH 059194; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. B. 1585)