WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0062. Dedication? to an anonymous emperor

Description: Fragment from the upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.34 x h: 0.30). Re-used subsequently for 51.
Text: Inscribed within a moulded border.
Letters: Second century lapidary capitals: 0.10.

Date: Second century CE

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio I, Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

[Imp(eratori) Cae]sari [---]
[c. 6]ṛṃ [---]

Diplomatic

[......]SARI[---]
[······]..[---]

1: The next word begins with an upright stroke.
2: Probably Germ(anico) or Sarm(atico).

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To [Emperor] Caesar [---]; (in line 2 perhaps) [Uictor in] Germany (or in Sarmatia)

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 62, whence IRT, 2009, 62, whence EDH 059053; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.VI.3)