Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface, w:
1.80 x h:
0.34 x d:
0.69,
supported on a plinth w:
0.11.
Text: Incised i on the south face of the coffin; ii on the west face, iii on the east face.
Letters: No measurements
Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Tripoli: Ain Zara,
cemetery, Tomb 46.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1911-1914)
i.2: perhaps Martu(i) oq(ta)uo Aurigemma, 1932
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i): . . . ] he left [this world] on day [ . . . ] March 5, [ . . . ] indiction 15.
(ii): Have mercy on me.
(iii): Holy. Strong.
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 46 and figs.105, 106, 107; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261
Images
Fig. 1. i: Facsimile, from a cast
Fig. 2. ii: Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 3. iii: Drawing (Luigi Turba)