Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface;
w:
1.66 x h:
0.67 x d:
0.54, supported on a plinth
w:
0.22.
Text: Lightly scratched on the south face, with traces of rubrication, and a strong single line between each line;
there are traces of a cross on the east face.
Letters: No measurements
Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Tripoli: Ain Zara,
cemetery, Tomb 16.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1911-1914)
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] He lived in peace [for ? years; he left this] world on day 20 [ . . . ], indiction 11. May the Lord grant you rest eternal. Amen.
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 165 and fig.46; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261
Images
Fig. 1. Drawing (Luigi Turba)