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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1299. Christian funerary text (Sabratha catacomb)

Description: Tomb, covered in plaster
Text: Graffito i on the mensa, and ii on side
Letters: i: 0.10-0.33; ii: 0.15-0.18

Date: Fourth-fifth centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Catacomb, arcosolium B5, on the left
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

i
[M]emoria Spi[---]
[--- f]ịliae sanc[tae?---]
[---]ỊṢ ((Chi-Rho))
ii
[---]um Proiectae

Diplomatic

i
[.]EMORIASPI[---]
[---.].LIAESANC[...---]
[---]..
ii
[---]UMPROIECTAE

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i): Memorial of Spi[- . . . ] daughter, sacred [ . . .

(ii): . . . ]of Projecta [ . . .

Bibliography: Nestori, 1973 21, whence EDCS 59800094, 59800095

Images

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