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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1162. Christian funerary text (Ain Zara cemetery)

Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface; w: 1.74 x h: 0.58 x d: 0.57.
Text: Inscribed on the south face.
Letters: No measurements

Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context, lettering)

Findspot: Tripoli: Ain Zara, cemetery, Tomb 22.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot (1911-1914)

Interpretive

I[n ok tum]ụḷọ ịạḳẹṭ ḳọ[r]p̣[us]
ḅọṇẹ memor<i>e XPIẠṂAṢ[.f]uẹ-
rat sụis ạmabilis ḳaṛuṣ
bixit in pake plus mịṇus
5annos XXV. Rekessit de ok sekulọ
sub die X mensis Agostas Requiem ete[r](nam)

Diplomatic

I[......]..........[.].[..]
....MEMOREXPI..A..]U.
RATS.IS.MABILIS.A.U.
BIXITINPAKEPLUSM..US
5ANNOSXXVREKESSITDEOKSEKUL.
SUBDIEXMENSISAGOSTASREQUIEMETE[.]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

In this grave lies the body, [?], of good memory, who was lovable and dear to his own. He lived in peace for more or less 35 years; he left this world on day 10 of the month of August. rest eternal.

Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 22 and fig.58; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261

Images

   Fig. 1. Drawing (Luigi Turba)