WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0177. Fragments

Description: Three fragments of a panel of cream marble; a) From the upper edge, w: 0.14 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.045; b) w: 0.17 x h: 0.24 x d: 0.045, no edges; c) From the lower edge, w: 0.23 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.045.
Text: Inscribed on the surviving faces.
Letters: Second to third century capitals. a) 0.08.b) line 1, 0.07; line 2, 0.065.c) line 1, 0.06; line 2, 0.05.

Date: Second to third centuries (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio IV, Theatre
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
[---]NỊ[---]
[---] II [---]
b
[---]IOṂ[---]
[---] exor[nat ---]
------
c
[---]ER E[---]
[---] (sesterti)- XLIII [---]

Diplomatic

a
[---]N.[---]
[---]II[---]
b
[---]IO.[---]
[---]EXOR[...---]
------
c
[---]ERE[---]
[---] 𐆘 XLIII[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

a-b [---] two [---] adorned [---]

c. [---] forty-three [thousand] sesterces [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 177, whence IRT, 2009, 177, whence EDH 059153; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: b and c; Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XX.13)