WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1004. Christian title for a wall-painting

Description: Tomb cut in the rock
Text: Painted beneath an image, in a space w: -1.60 x h: 0.28
Letters: Rustic capitals, 0.02

Date: Fourth - mid fifth century CE

Findspot: Tripoli: Gargaresh; in the Hypogaeum of Adam and Eve; found in 1965
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

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[---] tuis ponete [---]
[---]OC[---]RE[---]S[---]OG[---]T ner[---]
[.]RDU[---]
[.]UMU[---]D[---]UMQU[---]um quoque ue-
5[---]ere poscit [..] batigat et duo
[---]mitis tum rogat domini prese[s?]
[---]SE pi<s>cina cal[c]aria fatur serbus
[---]delegit abi[o]nes at ka[r?]us u- [..]O
[---]T[---]ORC[.]ATP[---]BUS[.]LA
10[---]LE[---]NISA[..]ratur
[---]NIO[c. 7]ASAT[c. 4]TER[c. 5] CON
[---]P[.] E[.]TITU[..]ST[..]ER[---]
[---]R[---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]TUISPONETE[---]
[---]OC[---]RE[---]S[---]OG[---]TNER[---]
[·]RDU[---]
[·]UMU[---]D[---]UMQU[---]UMQUOQUEUE
5[---]EREPOSCIT[··]BATIGATETDUO
[---]MITISTUMROGATDOMINIPRESE[.]
[---]SEPICINACAL[.]ARIAFATURSERBUS
[---]DELEGITABI[.]NESATKA[.]USU[··]O
[---]T[---]ORC[·]ATP[---]BUS[·]LA
10[---]LE[---]NISA[··]RATUR
[---]NIO[·······]ASAT[····]TER[·····]CON
[---]P[·]E[·]TITU[··]ST[··]ER[---]
[---]R[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Very uncertain: Apparently references to the Lord, to a pool?

Bibliography: Di Vita, 1978 245-246, (B), plates 23, 26., whence AE 1982.926, EDH 002098

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