211. Christian funerary inscription of Laurentius
- Description:
- Tomb-slab (w: 0.29 x h: 0.37) of grey marble.
- Text:
- Inscribed within a narrow horizontal frame, in the left border of which is a schematic plant.
- Letters:
- 0.06-0.075.
- Date:
- Fifth to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: The cemetery in the South Forum Portico. In situ.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', 3. 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"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Bon
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
</expan>
e
</abbr>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
emoria
</ex>
<abbr>
</expan>
e
</abbr>
Laurenti
</ab>
Translation:
To the good memory of Laurentius.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
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