197. Christian funerary inscription

Description:
Re-used paving-slab (w: 0.48 x h: 0.67) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
0.04-0.06. 
Date:
Fifth-sixth century A.D. (context) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: In situ in the cemetery in the South Forum Portico.  
Original Location:
Findspot 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', no. 2. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
tau-rho B(onae) m(emoriae) Bonus bi-
xit in pake
p(lus) m(inus) an(n)os
LXXX et req-
5uiebit in p-
ace tau-rho
tau-rho BMBONVSBI
XITINPAKE
PMANOS
LXXXETREQ
5VIEBITINP
ACE tau-rho
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="tau-rho" > </g>
<expan>
<abbr>
B
</abbr>
<ex>
onae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
emoriae
</ex>
</expan>
Bonus
bi
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
xit
in
pake
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
lus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
inus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
os
</abbr>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<num value="80" >
LXXX
</num>
et
req
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
uiebit
in
p
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
ace
<g type="tau-rho" > </g>
</ab>

Translation:

(Monogram cross) Of good memory, Bonus lived in peace for approximately 80 years and went to rest in peace (Monogram cross).

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VI.17)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VI.17)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VIII.31)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VIII.31)

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