Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface, w:
1.39 x h:
0.58 x d:
0.47,
supported on a plinth w:
0.13.
Text: Incised, i on the south face, ii on fragments found nearby: a: w:
0.26 x h:
0.22;
b: w:
0.25 x h:
0.13; c: w:
0.215 x h:
0.14; d: w:
0.29 x h:
0.245.
There is a double line under each line of text.
There is a cross on the east face.
Letters: No measurements. ς for abbreviation in i.3
Date: Fifth-sixth century CE (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Tripoli: Ain Zara,
cemetery, Tomb 55.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1911-1914)
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i): . . . he lived more] or less 19 years; he left this world on day 5, month March, indiction 9.
(ii, a + b): In this tomb lies the body of Kl[- . . .
(ii, c): . . . ] to you [ . . .
(ii, d): (Not usefully translatable.)
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1932, 55 and figs.124, 125, 126; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 261, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 261
Images
Fig. 1. i: Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 2. ii: Drawing (Luigi Turba)
Fig. 3. East face, from a cast