218. Christian funerary inscription of Stefanus

Description:
Tomb-slab ( w: 0.52 x h: 1.93) cut from a split cipollino column. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
0.045-0.08. 
Date:
Fifth-sixth century A.D. (context) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Cemetery East of Church IIn situ. 
Original Location:
Findspot 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', 9. 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 Bo(na)e mem-
ori(a)e Ste-
fanus bi-
xit in pa-
5ce anno-
s LV ind(ictione) VIII
crux BOEMEM
ORIESTE
FANVSBI
XITINPA
5CEANNO
SLVINDVIII
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="crux" > </g>
<expan>
<abbr>
Bo
</abbr>
<ex>
na
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
mem
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
ori
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
Ste
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
fanus
bi
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
xit
in
pa
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
ce
anno
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
s
<num value="55" >
LV
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
ind
</abbr>
<ex>
ictione
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="8" >
VI
II
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

(cross) Of good memory, Stefanus, lived in peace 55 years approximately, and died in the eighth indiciton.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. B. 1585)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. B. 1585)

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