WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0186. Fragment

Description: The reverse face of 85, q.v..
Text: Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: line 1, 0.06; remainder, 0.05.

Date: Fourth century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: From the Amphitheatre (Bartoccini, MS notes)
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Sabratha Museum.

Interpretive

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[.]N[---]
hic no[---]
stabat [c. 5 - 6]OUỊẠ[---]
VANISSID gaudens [---]
5Dulciti Cattique [---]
audaci noto frị[---]

Diplomatic

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[·]N[---]
HICNO[---]
STABAT[c. 5 - 6]OU..[---]
VANISSIDGAUDENS[---]
5DULCITICATTIQUE[---]
AUDACINOTOFR.[---]

4: The reading is clear.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[---](line 2) ?this man [---] he/she was standing [---] rejoicing [---] of Dulcitius and Cattius [---] to a bold ? well-known [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 186, whence IRT, 2009, 186, whence EDH 059162; Montali, 2015 53; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XVIII.24)