223. Fragmentary Christian funerary inscription

Description:
Fragment of grey limestone (surviving inscribed surface, w: 0.16 x h: 0.57), part of a tomb inscription. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
0.05-0.06. 
Date:
Fifth-sixth century A.D. (context) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Cemetery east of Church I In situ.  
Original Location:
Findspot 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, 'Le Basiliche cristiane del Foro di Sabratha', 20. 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) 
[·· ? ·· annos ·· ? ·· plu]s m[inus ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· et in] (Christ)o req(uieuit) s(ub) d(ie) X k(a)l(endas) Ap(riles) ind(ictione) IIII
[·· ? ·········· ? ······]SM[······· ? ··]
[·· ? ·····]ΧΡOREQSDXKLAPINDIIII
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
annos
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
plu
</supplied>
s
m
<supplied reason="lost" >
inus
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
et
in
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
ΧΡ
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
Christ
</ex>
<abbr>
o
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
req
</abbr>
<ex>
uieuit
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ub
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ie
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="10" >
X
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
k
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
endas
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Ap
</abbr>
<ex>
riles
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
ind
</abbr>
<ex>
ictione
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="4" >
IIII
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··he/she lived] approximately [? years, ?months, ?days and] went to rest in Christ on the 22nd March in the fourth indiction.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

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

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