WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0220. Christian funerary inscription of Teodora

Description: Re-used paving-slab (w: 0.30 x h: 0.58) of grey limestone., one of four in situ over a grave in the cemetery in the S Forum Portico.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: 0.035-0.05.

Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio I, The South Forum Portico necropolis.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

((Chi-Rho)) Bon(a)e memori(a)e
Teodora bixit
in pace an[n]os
X plus minus ((Chi-Rho))

Diplomatic

BONEMEMORIE
TEODORABIXIT
INPACEAN[.]OS
XPLUSMINUS

3: Or an (n) os , inscribed around a blemish in the stone.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(monogram cross) Of good memory; Teodora lived in peace for approximately 10 years (monogram cross)

Bibliography: Bartoccini, Basiliche, 5; IRT, 1952, 220, whence IRT, 2009, 220, whence EDH 059196; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.VIII.30)