209. Christian funerary inscription of Irene
- Description:
- Block of stuccoed sandstone (w: 0.47 x h: 0.40 x d: 0.45). One of two or more similar blocks, comprising a freestanding tomb of the type characteristic of the later cemeteries at Sabratha and in Tripolitania generally.
- Text:
- A cross in relief on the rounded upper surface and inscribed on one end within a frame of horizontal lines;
- Letters:
- Lettering: 0.05-0.06
- Date:
- Sixth-seventh century A.D. (context, form)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: The late cemetery NE of the Theatre. In situ.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- Not previously published. 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)
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
<g
type="crux"
>
</g>
</supplied>
Bona
me
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
moria
Iren
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
e
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
bixi
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
t
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
a
</supplied>
nn
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
os
</ex>
tr
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
es
et
<expan>
<abbr>
mense
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
m
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
un
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
um
</ex>
<lb
n="5"
/>
et
<expan>
<abbr>
req
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uieuit
</ex>
in
pace
<lb
n="6"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<g
type="crux"
>
</g>
</ab>
Translation:
[?(cross)] Of good memory, Irene lived for three years and one month and was laid to rest in peace [on·· ? ··] (cross)
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
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