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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1261. Christian funerary text (Sirte catacomb)

Description: Plaque of plaster, inscribed with the form of a tabula ansata. From a group originally plastered over the openings of loculi, which measure approximately: w: 1.75 x h: 0.45
Text: Inscribed within the tabula ansata.

Date: Fourth century CE (context)

Findspot: Syrtica: Sirte, Hypogeum, in the piazza opposite the old Turkish barracks.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

aua sotidat mio(?)
[s]a[nu]th cri[.. ? ..]

Diplomatic

AUASOTIDATMIO
[.]A[..]THCRI[.. ? ..]

1: Avasoti d(efunctus est?) anno (?) Bartoccini, 1928c
2: ACHCRI Bartoccini, 1928c

English translation

Translation source: Kerr, 2010

Sotidat[.. ? ..]lived [.. ? ..] years [.. ? ..]

Bibliography: Mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 855, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 855; Bartoccini, 1928c 30, p. 197; p. 193, tav. II, whence EDCS 75200126, Elmayer, 1997, 11, p.338, Kerr, 2010 213-214, no.6 (where see bibliography)

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