202. Christian funerary inscription of Ferrandus

Description:
Marble tomb-slab (w: 0.51 x h: 1.28). 
Text:
Inscribed on the face. 
Letters:
0.06-0.08. 
Date:
Fifth-sixth century A.D. (context) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Church I, in situ inside the church, near the early baptistry. 
Original Location:
Findspot 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', 1. 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) 
Α tau-rho Ω
B(onae) m(emoriae) Ferran-
dus b(i)x(i)t in p(a)c(e)
ann(os) XL p(lus) m(inus)
5 s(ub) d(ie) XII k(a)l(endas) M(a)ias
Α tau-rho Ω
BMFERRAN
DVSBXTINPC
ANNXLPM
5SDXIIKLMIAS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Α
<g type="tau-rho" > </g>
Ω
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
B
</abbr>
<ex>
onae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
emoriae
</ex>
</expan>
Ferran
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
dus
<expan>
<abbr>
b
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
<abbr>
x
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
<abbr>
t
</abbr>
</expan>
in
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
e
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
ann
</abbr>
<ex>
os
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="40" >
XL
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
lus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
inus
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ub
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ie
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="12" >
XII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
k
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
endas
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
ias
</abbr>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

(Alpha and Omega on either side of a monogram cross.) To his good memory. Ferrandus lived in peace for approximately 40 years (and was laid to rest) on the 19th April.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VI.22)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VI.22)

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