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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1176. Christian funerary text (Ain Zara cemetery)

Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface, w: 1.35 x h: 0.37 x d: 0.56, supported on a plinth w: 0.08-0.15.
Text: Carefully and deeply incised on the south face of the coffin; there are traces of rubrication, and a double line is painted between each line. There are traces of crosses in a circle on the east and west faces.
Letters: No measurements>

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

Findspot: Tripoli: Ain Zara, cemetery, Tomb 36
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot (1911-1914)

Interpretive

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[c. 8] Ḅịx̣ịṭ ịṇ p̣ạḳẹ p̣[lus minus ạṇṇọṣ ---];
indiktio quinta ( vac. )

Diplomatic

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[········]............[.............---]
INDIKTIOQUINTA      

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] He lived in peace for more [or less . . . ] fifth indiction.

Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 36 and fig.87; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261

Images

   Fig. 1. Drawing (Luigi Turba)