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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0132. Fragmentary honours?

Description: Five fragments of a marble panel.
Text: Inscribed . a) w: 0.21 x h: 0.14, no edges surviving. b) w: 0.32 x h: 0.16, no edges surviving. c) w: 0.24 x h: 0.14, no edges surviving. d) w: 0.24 x h: 0.16, no edges surviving. e) w: 0.22 x h: 0.15. no edges surviving.
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals. a)0.055. b)0.065. c)0.06. d)line 2, 0.065; line 3, 0.06. e)0.06.

Date: Fourth century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: Findspot unrecorded
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Sabratha Museum.

Interpretive

a
[--- a]tque ENIDI [---]
[---] ciues pari[ter ---]
b
[---]NOM[---]
[--- pari]ter et in patr[iam ---]
[---]ENO[---]
c
[---]um gradi[---]
[---]ẠṚEMẠ[---]
d
[---]M[---]
[---] exempli [---]
[---]us uiro [---]
e
------
[--- be]ne mer[ent]- [---]
[---]ERIAM[---]

Diplomatic

a
[---.]TQUEENIDI[---]
[---]CIUESPARI[...---]
b
[---]NOM[---]
[---....]TERETINPATR[...---]
[---]ENO[---]
c
[---]UMGRADI[---]
[---]..EM.[---]
d
[---]M[---]
[---]EXEMPLI[---]
[---]USUIRO[---]
e
------
[---..]NEMER[...---]
[---]ERIAM[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

a. [---] and [---] the citizens equally [---]

b. [---] equally, and to his country [---]

c. [---] ? steps [---]

d. [---] of an example [---] to a man [---]

e. [---] well-deserving (case unknown)[---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 132, whence IRT, 2009, 132, whence EDH 059108; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 898 Leica)