WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0285. Fragmentary dedication? to the Genius of Lepcis

Description: Two fragments of a white marble panel (w: 0.21 x h: 0.14 x d: 0.022 and w: 0.17 x h: 0.12 x d: 0.022, no edges surviving).
Text: Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters: Second to third century CE capitals: 0.085.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio V, Theatre.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
[---G]enio [coloniae?---]
b
[---]Ma[gnae---]

Diplomatic

a
[---.]ENIO[........---]
b
[---]MA[....---]

1: Perhaps Genio coloniae Lepcis Magnae.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[--- To the g]enius [of the colony Lepcis] Ma[gna---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 285, whence IRT, 2009, 285; EDH 059248

Images

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