Description: Fragment of a small marble
entablature
(surviving width, w:
0.90 x h:
0.42 x d:
0.52), slightly concave.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century lapidary capitals: 0.45.
Date: Second century (lettering)
Findspot:
Tripoli:
Oea:
The arch of Marcus Aurelius, among the debris accumulated within the arch.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
[---] son of Aristo[---]
Commentary
Possibly c[---] is for "took charge of".
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 242, whence IRT, 2009, 242, whence EDH 059212; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 674 Leica)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. A. 160)