Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface,
w:
2.05 x h:
0.50 x d:
0.64.
Text: Inscribed i on the south face, ii on the north, iii
above a cross in a circle on the west face.
Letters: Large clear uncial letters, 0.06-0.08
Date: Late 10th-early eleventh century CE; indiction X. (context)
Findspot:
Tripoli:
Christian cemetery among the sand-dunes at en-Ngila; Tomb 8, excavated in 1973.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i): Iin this tomb lies the body of Abbot Petrus, monk, of good memory. He lived in peace more or less 75 years. He departed from this world on day 21, indiction 10. May the Lord give you rest eternal and may light perpetual shine on you by the indulgence (scil. of God).
(ii): Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Sabaoth
(iii): Holy, Holy.
Bibliography: Rizzardi, 197e, I pp.285-292 and figs. 3-8