WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0082. Erased dedication? to a third century emperor

Description: Part of the left-hand edge of a marble panel (w: 0.23 x h: 0.30 x d: 0.02 ) Re-used after damnatio for 147.
Text: Inscribed within a moulded panel.
Letters: Third century capitals: 0 065.

Date: Third century CE (lettering)

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

Interpretive

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Diplomatic

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English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(Not usefully translatable.)

Commentary

Probably concerned a condemned emperor whose name has been erased.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 82, whence IRT, 2009, 82, whence EDH 059073; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: above, 714, 190; below: 82; Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXVII.7)