Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface; w:
2.00 x h:
0.48 x d:
0.45, supported on a plinth
w:
0.17.
Text: Incised on the south face, with horizontal lines beneath each line; there is a design of two facing peacocks on the north
face,
w:
1.67 x h:
0.41.
Letters: No measurements
Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Tripoli: Ain Zara,
cemetery, Tomb 26.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1911-1914)
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
In this grave lies the body of Esidorus, of good memory, [who was lovable to his own] with a dear heart, whom a day of fevers took away. [ . . . ] years; he left this world on day of the month [ . . .
Commentary
For the layout see discussion by Aurigemma.
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 26 and figs.63, 64; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261
Images
Fig. 1. Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 2. North face: facsimile, from a cast