Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface, w:
1.42 x h:
0.25 x d:
0.54,
supported on a plinth w:
0.23-0.24.
Text: Lightly incised and i: lavishly rubricated on the south face of the coffin, with a single line
painted between the lines; ii on the east face; there are two fish on the north face. Further fragments were found nearby,
some probably from the same tomb, others not.
Letters: No measurements
Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Tripoli: Ain Zara,
cemetery, Tomb 37
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1911-1914)
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i): . . . ] He left this world on [ . . . Jan]uary (or) [Febr]uary [ . . .
(ii): Lord. God.
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 37 and figs.88, 89, 90, 91; 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. Fragments: Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 4. Fragment: Drawing (Luigi Turba)