WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0276. Dedication

Description: Rectangular base (w: 0.48 x h: 0.73) of grey limestone, a pair with 277.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.26 x h: 0.54)
Letters: Second to third century irregular capitals: 0.065-0.047

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio V, Theatre, reused (with 277) in the wall of the passage leading from the West dressing-room to the stage.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Fortunae
Iuliae Q(uinti) f(iliae)
Iustae
Iustus
5pater
( vac. ) ex ( vac. )
d(ecreto) o(rdinis)

Diplomatic

FORTUNAE
IULIAEQF
IUSTAE
IUSTUS
5PATER
      EX      
DO

1: The last three letters are in ligature.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To the good fortune of Julia Justa, daughter of Quintus; Justus, her father, (scil. set this up) in accordance with a decree of the city-council.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 276, whence IRT, 2009, 276; EDH 059241; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: 276, 277: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1621 Leica)

   Fig. 2. Face: Tantillo (2005)