198. Christian funerary inscription

Description:
Tomb-slab (w: 0.84 x h: 1.05) of hard, dull green sandstone. 
Text:
Inscribed on the face. 
Letters:
0.07-0.13. 
Date:
Fifth-sixth century A.D. (context) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: In situ in the cemetery to the E of Church I. 
Original Location:
Findspot 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', no. 7. 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) 
crux Bon(a)e memo-
ri(a)e Corcon-
di(a)e bixit pl(us)
mi(nus) an(nos) XII
crux BONEMEMO
RIECORCON
DIEBIXITPL
MIANXII
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="crux" > </g>
<expan>
<abbr>
Bon
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
memo
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
ri
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Corcon
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
di
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
bixit
<expan>
<abbr>
pl
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
mi
</abbr>
<ex>
nus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
nos
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="12" >
XII
</num>
</ab>

3, Presumably for Concordi(a)e.

Translation:

(cross) To the good memory of Concordia. She lived approximately 12 years.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VIII.28)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VIII.28)

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