WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1263. 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: i and ii inscribed within the tabula ansata, iii to the right of the tabula.

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

i
Arisu
bixit an(nos) XXV
ii
[.. ? ..]
bixit an(nos) LXX
iii
((Chi-Rho))

Diplomatic

i
ARISU
BIXITANXXV
ii
[.. ? ..]
BIXITANLXX
iii

English translation

Translation by: Caroline Barron

(i): Arisu lived 25 years

(ii): [.. ? ..] lived 70 years

Bibliography: Bartoccini, 1928c 32, p. 198; p. 192, tav. II, whence EDCS 75200128; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 855, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 855

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