Description: A moulded stele of marble, identical to IRT 10b
(w:
0.37 x h:
1.53 x d:
0.30).
Text: Inscribed on one face (die,
w:
0.30 x h:
1.00).
The first line is cut above the die.
Letters: Mannered capitals with some Rustic forms: line 1, 0.08; remainder, 0.07.
Date: Second to early third centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Sabratha:
Regio I,
Capitolium, found in the vaults;
see note on 1.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To Jupiter best and greatest; Quintus Aemilius Aristides, (scil. Roman) judge in the territory of Alexandria (scil. gave and dedicated this)
Commentary
See also the companion piece, 10b
Q. Aemilius Aristides: see PIR², A 334, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/968
Bibliography: Bartoccini, 1925a, 289 ; with 10b, IRT, 1952 10.a, whence IRT, 2009 10a, whence EDH 059010; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. B 815)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 759 bis Leica)