204. Christian funerary inscription of Georgius

Description:
Block of marble (inscribed face w: 0.56 x h: 0.34), a re-used stair-tread of wedge-shaped section. 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
0.05-0.08. 
Date:
Fifth-sixth century A.D. (context) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Cemetery east of Church I. Found loose. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Loose in the precinct of the Antonine Temple (1951). 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', 16. 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 B(onae) m(emoria)e Geor-
gi bixit in p(ace) an(no)s
pl(us) m(inu)s XX s(ub) d(ie)
XXII me(nsi)s Apr(ilis) ind(ictione) XI
crux BMEGEOR
GIBIXITINPANS
PLMSXXSD
XXIIMESAPRINDXI
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="crux" > </g>
<expan>
<abbr>
B
</abbr>
<ex>
onae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
emoria
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
Geor
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
gi
bixit
in
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ace
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
no
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
pl
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
inu
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
</expan>
<num value="20" >
XX
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ub
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ie
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<num value="22" >
XXII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
me
</abbr>
<ex>
nsi
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Apr
</abbr>
<ex>
ilis
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
ind
</abbr>
<ex>
ictione
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="11" >
XI
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

( cross) To the good memory of George; he lived in peace for approximately 20 years (and was laid to rest) on the 22nd April in indiction 11.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VIII.24)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VIII.24)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VII.19)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VII.19)

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