Description:
Marble
balustrade block
(w:
1.16 x h:
0.41 x d:
0.10)
from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius (232); re-used in Arab times.
Text: Carved on the reverse face
Letters: Second century lapidary capitals: 0.15.
Date: CE 163-164 (see 232)
Findspot:
Tripoli:
Oea:
mosque of Sidi Hmùda in 1st September Street, Tripoli City.
Found in 1923 during the demolition of the mosque (Bartoccini, MS notes).
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
[---] perpetual flamen (scil. priest) [---] made with solid [marble?---]
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 233, whence IRT, 2009, 233, whence EDH 059205; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 673 Leica)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.XVIII.26)