Christian funerary text (Ain Zara cemetery)
created: Previous publications (Roueché)
source date: Fifth-sixth century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 28 and fig.68; mentioned and indexed [...], 261, whence mentioned [...], 261

In ok tumulo iaket [...] [...]i Bonifati qui fuerat suis amabilis [...] pektore karus quem atra dies abstulit. bixit in pake plus minus anos XXVIII. Rekessit de ok sekulo die XXIII mensis Maius indiktio VIII Requiem eternam det tibi Dominus.

In this grave lies [the body] of Bonifatius, who was [lovable to his own] dear in heart, whom a black day took away. He lived in peace for more or less 28 years; he left this world on day 23 of the month May, indiction 8. May the Lord grant you rest eternal.