WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1293. Christian funerary text (Sabratha catacomb)

Description: Wall plaster
Text: Painted in red; ii, to the right of i, iii to the right of ii
Letters: 0.11-0.14

Date: Fourth-fifth centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Catacomb, arcosolium A5
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

i
Be(nedicta) Sabina
Ἄ(λφα) ((Chi-Rho)) Ὠ(μέγα)
ii
Be(nedicta) Roga
Ἄ(λφα) ((Chi-Rho)) Ὠ(μέγα)
iii
Be(nedicta) P̣ṛọ-
((Chi-Rho)) Ἄ̣(λφα)

Diplomatic

i
BESABINA
Α Ω
ii
BEROGA
Α Ω
iii
BE...
..

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i): Blessed Sabina: Alpha, Omega

(ii): Blessed Roga: Alpha, Omega

(iii): Blessed Pro-: Alpha, Omega

Bibliography: Nestori, 1973 15-16, whence EDCS 59800084, 59800085, 59800086

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