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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0202. Christian funerary inscription of Ferrandus

Description: Marble tomb-slab (w: 0.51 x h: 1.28).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: 0.06-0.08.

Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio III, Church I, in situ inside the church, near the early baptistry.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Ἄ(λφα) ((Chi-Rho)) Ὠ(μέγα)
B(onae) m(emoriae) Ferran-
dus b(i)x(i)t in p(a)c(e)
ann(os) XL p(lus) m(inus)
5 s(ub) d(ie) XII k(a)l(endas) M(a)ias

Diplomatic

Α Ω
BMFERRAN
DUSBXTINPC
ANNXLPM
5SDXIIKLMIAS

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(Alpha and Omega on either side of a monogram cross.) To his good memory. Ferrandus lived in peace for approximately 40 years (scil. and was laid to rest) on the 19th April.

Bibliography: Bartoccini, Basiliche, no. 1; IRT, 1952, 202, whence IRT, 2009, 202, whence EDH 059178; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1946 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 46.VI.22)