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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1139. Funerary inscription

Description: A dressed column of limestone h: 1.06; there is a hole in the top for an attachment.
Text: Inscribed within a convex area 0.414 from the original top of the column
Letters: Lapidary capitals, lines 1-7 0.055-0.065; line 8, 0.08

Date: ?Third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Jabal Tarhuna area, near Tarhuna
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum

Interpretive

Chadda
byn Nim-
mirath
Ṇytros
5fel myn-
fyth lim-
nim Thu-
bab

Diplomatic

CHADDA
BYNNIM
MIRATH
.YTROS
5FELMYN
FYTHLIM
NIMTHU
BAB

English translation

Translation source: Elmayer, 2006

Chadda, son of Nimmirath, Nytros, made (this) funerary monument for his mother Thubab

French translation

Translation source: AE

Chadda,fils de Nimmirath, Nytros,a fait (ce) monument funéraire pour sa mère Thubab

English translation

Translation source: Kerr, 2010

Chadda, son of Nimmirath, Nytros, made (this) mausoleum for his mother Thubab

Commentary

Line 4: Nytros could be Vytros/Bytros

Bibliography: Elmayer, 2006 , whence AE 2006.1668, Kerr, 2010, 207

Images

None available (2021).