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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0350. Fragment

Description: Four blocks of grey limestone (each approx. 0.53 high) probably from the same monumental inscription. a) On the North face of the East tower: b) On the West face of the East tower: c) On the South face of the wall West of the gate: d) On the top of the East tower:
Text: Inscribed on the surviving faces.
Letters: Capitals: line 1 ( erased ) approx., 0.19; line 2. 0.15-0.16.

Date: CE 81-96 (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Cardo Maximus, Built into the Byzantine Gate.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Built into the Byzantine Gate.

Interpretive

a
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[---]ceps mu[---]
b
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[---]ạe sua[e ---]
c
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[---]us Q(uinti) f(ilius) Qu[ir(ina tribu) ---]
d
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[---]STU[---]

Diplomatic

a
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[---]CEPSMU[---]
b
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[---].ESUA[.---]
c
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[---]USQFQU[..---]
d
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[---]STU[---]

a.1: Probably Domitian - the material and lettering suggest a first century date.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a),band d are not usefully translatable

c.(erased)[---]us, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Quirina [---]

Bibliography: a and b: Bartoccini, 1924 70, a) and b) only; c: Méhier de Mathuisieulx, 1906 79, whence CIL VIII, suppl.4, 1916 22677; IRT, 1952, 350, whence IRT, 2009, 350, whence EDH 059279

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