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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1291. Christian funerary text (Sabratha catacomb)

Description: Wall plaster
Text: Graffito
Letters: 0.11-0.17; line 2, AE in ligature

Date: Fourth-fifth centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Catacomb, arcosolium A2
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Ὠ(μέγα) ( vac. ) Ἄ(λφα)
Bo[n]ae mem-
oriae uix(it) a[nnos---]
( vac. ) ((Chi-Rho)) ( vac. )

Diplomatic

Ω      Α
BO[.]AEMEM
ORIAEUIXA[....---]
             

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Alpha, Omega. Of good memory lived [ . . . ] years

Bibliography: Nestori, 1973 13, whence EDCS 59800082

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