Description: Tomb of rubble, with a plaster surface, w:
2.24 x h:
0.73 x d:
0.65.
Text: Inscribed, i on the south face, with a cross to the right; ii is on the north face, iii on
the east, on either side of a cross and iv on the west, above a flower.
Letters: Large clear uncial letters
Date: 945 CE (6454 a.m.) (internal date)
Findspot:
Tripoli:
Christian cemetery among the sand-dunes at en-Ngila.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
Interpretive
i
In oc tumulo iaceiit corpus bone memorie
Andreas. Binxit annos plus minus XXXXV.
[exit de hoc saeculo] anno sestio milleisimo quarientesimo LIIII indictio
qarta in mense Deceber dies XII ante natiuitas D(omi)ni no(str)i Ie(s)u ((Chi-Rho))(Christ)i ii
o bos omnes qui transitis per uiam bidete [e]t [aspicite?]
si est dolor bester sic est dolor meus. Orate [pro]
me ut sic abeatis D(eu)m adiutorem sicut dix-
it Jacobus apo(s)t(olu)s. Orate ((Chi-Rho))(Christum) inbicem ut salbemini Am(en) iii S(an)c(tu)s immort(alis)
iv
Diplomatic
i
INOCTUMULOIACEIITCORPUSBONEMEMORIE
ANDREASBINXITANNOSPLUSMINUSXXXXV
[................]ANNOSESTIOMILLEISIMOQUARIENTESIMOLIIIIINDICTIO
QARTAINMENSEDECEBERDIESXIIANTENATIUITASDNINOIIEU ☧ I ii
OBOSOMNESQUITRANSITISPERUIAMBIDETE[.]T[........]
SIESTDOLORBESTERSICESTDOLORMEUSORATE[...]
MEUTSICABEATISDMADIUTOREMSICUTDIX
ITJACOBUSAPOTSORATE ☧ INBICEMUTSALBEMINIAM iii SCSIMMORT
iv
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i): In this tomb lies the body Andreas, of good memory. He lived more or less 45 years. [He left this world] in the six thousandth
four hundredth 54 year, fourth indiction, the month December, day 12 before the nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(ii): Oh all you who pass on the road, behold and [?see] if your grief is such as my grief. Pray for me that thus I may have God
as my helper in the day of judgement, as the Apostle James said: pray to Christ for one another so that you may be saved.
Amen
(iii): Holy, Immortal.
(iv): Holy.
Bibliography: Paribeni, 1927, X; recopied, although not recognised, Todesco, 1935, p.6, whence mentioned AE 1937.220; mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 262, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 262; Bartoccini, 1977 I
