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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0258. Christian funerary inscription for Tednus

Description: Marble panel (w: 0.77 x h: 0.51 x d: 0.045).
Text: Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters: Irregular late capitals: 0.04 0.08.

Date: Fifth-seventh centuries CE (content)

Findspot: Tripoli: Oea: The Forte della Vite. Found during demolition.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tripoli Castle.

Interpretive

A((Chi-Rho))M A((Chi-Rho))M A((Chi-Rho))M (sic)
Bona mem-
oria Tedni
bixit
5an(n)orum [---]

Diplomatic

A M A M A M(sic)
BONAMEM
ORIATEDNI
BIXIT
5ANORUM[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(Alpha Mu around ChiRho three times); in good memory of ? Tednus; he lived [---] years [---]

Bibliography: Romanelli, 1919, 38, no. 7, whence AE 1921.87, whence EDH 027784; IRT, 1952, 258, whence IRT, 2009, 258, whence EDH 059229; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 691 leica)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.II.30)