WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1199. Christian funerary text (Ain Zara cemetery)

Description: Three plaster fragments, some assembled, from perhaps two tombs; a: w: 0.15 x h: 0.085; b: w: 0.20 x h: 0.12; 6: w: 0.20 x h: 0.16.
Text: No description.
Letters: No measurements.

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

Findspot: Tripoli: Ain Zara, cemetery, Tomb 59.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot (1911-1914).

Interpretive

a
[i]n ok t[um]ulo ia[ket ---]
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b
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[---p]ạke p̣[lus ---]
[---]seku[lo ---]
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c
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[---an]os pl[us---]
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Diplomatic

a
[.]NOKT[..]ULOIA[...---]
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b
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[---.].KE.[...---]
[---]SEKU[..---]
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c
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[---..]OSPL[..---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(a): In this tomb lies [ . . . in ] peace more [ . . . ] world [ . . . ] years more [ . . .

Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 58 and fig.130; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261

Images

   Fig. 1. Drawing (Luigi Turba)