WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0188. Fragments

Description: Three fragments from a panel of coarse grey limestone,inscribed within a moulded border. a) Probably from the top, w: 0.08 x h: 0.06 x d: 0.035. b) w: 0.13 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.035, no edges surviving. c) The lower right-hand corner: w: 0.18 x h: 0.19 x d: 0.035.
Text: Inscribed within a moulded border.
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: 0.025.a) 0.04.b) 0.02.c) 0.025.

Date: Fourth century CE (lettering)

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

Interpretive

a
[---]im[---]
b
[---]nione et D[---]
[---]USS[---]
c
[---]ỊỊOSṂṆN
[---]iano in P
[---]unt

Diplomatic

a
[---]IM[---]
b
[---]NIONEETD[---]
[---]USS[---]
c
[---]..OS..N
[---]IANOINP
[---]UNT

c.1: Clearly a ligature, but it is uncertain whether MN or NM is intended.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(Not usefully translatable.)

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 188, whence IRT, 2009, 188, whence EDH 059164; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. b (to left): Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 807 Leica (part))

   Fig. 2. c (centre): Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 911 Leica)