WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0060. Fragment from imperial titulature

Description: Parts of three sandstone blocks, once stuccoed, from a monumental inscription. a) Two blocks, together, w: 1.09 x h: 0.39 x d: 0.35. b) One block, w: 0.92 x h: 0.47 x d: 0.40.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Lapidary capitals: 0.19.

Date: Unknown.

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio IV, insula 2, or beside it, re-used.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot, loose nearby

Interpretive

a
[---trib(unica) pot]esṭ(ate) VI im[perator ---]
[---]ỊS MUQU [---]
b
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]ESṬOM [---]

Diplomatic

a
[---........]ES.VIIM[.......---]
[---].S MUQU[---]
b
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]ES.OM[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

a. [---] holding [tribunician] power for the sixth time, acclaimed victor [---] b. (Not usefully translatable.)

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 60, whence IRT, 2009, 60, whence EDH 059051; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.IV.9)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.III.13)