WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1278. Christian funerary text (Sirte catacomb)

Description: Plaque of plaster, inscribed with the form of a tabula ansata. From a group originally plastered over the openings of loculi, which measure approximately: w: 1.75 x h: 0.45
Text: Inscribed within the tabula ansata.

Date: Fourth century CE (context)

Findspot: Syrtica: Sirte, Hypogeum, in the piazza opposite the old Turkish barracks.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Μοϲε͂[ς]
[.. ? ..]ΙΠΕ

Diplomatic

ΜΟϹΕ[.]
[.. ? ..]ΙΠΕ

English translation

Translation by: Caroline Barron

Moses [ . . .

Bibliography: Mentioned and indexed IRT, 1952, 855, whence mentioned IRT, 2009, 855; Bartoccini, 1928c 47, p. 199, p. 193, tav. II, whence SEG 9.801, whence PHI 189673

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