Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface, w:
1.80 x h:
0.71 x d:
0.63,
supported on a plinth w:
0.11-0.12.
Text: Inscribed i, on the south face of the coffin; ii on the east face, cut above and
below a cross, on either side of the verticaline There is a cross in a circle on the west face and a design of fishes on the
north face, and there are
six associated fragments of plaster (no readings or measurements).
Letters: No measurements
Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Tripoli: Ain Zara,
cemetery, Tomb 30
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1911-1914)
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i): . . . He] lived in peace for more or less 35 years; he left this world on day 19 of month November, indiction 7. May the Lord grant you rest eternal, and may light perpetual shine for you. Amen
(ii): Holy. Strong. Holy. Immortal. Have mercy on me
Commentary
ii: SES, for SCS, is quite clear in both lines.
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 30 and figs.70, 71, 72; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261
Images
Fig. 1. i: Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 2. ii: Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 3. North face: Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 4. Fragments: Drawing (Luigi Turba)