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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1298. Christian funerary text (Sabratha catacomb)

Description: Tomb, covered in plaster
Text: Graffito i on the side, and ii on the top
Letters: i: 0.31-0.35; ii: 0.06-0.195

Date: Fourth-fifth centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Catacomb, arcosolium B3
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

i
Spiritus ỊỊỊ [---]
ii
[---]ụs subḍiacon[us---]

Diplomatic

i
SPIRITUS...[---]
ii
[---].SSUB.IACON[..---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i): Spirit [ . . .

(ii): . . . ] subdeacon [ . . .

Bibliography: Nestori, 1973 19, whence EDCS 59800092, 59800093

Images

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