WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0383. Fragment

Description: Part of a marble panel (w: 0.43 x h: 0.34 x d: 0.04, no edges surviving).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century CE lapidary capitals: 0.16.

Date: CE 175-192 (reign)

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

Interpretive

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[---]R Pius [---]

Diplomatic

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[---]RPIUS[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[---Ge]r(manicus) (or [Sa}r(maticus)) Pius [---]

Commentary

The lettering appears to be second century and the inscription therefore of Commodus.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 383, whence IRT, 2009, 383, whence EDH 059306; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: 697, 554, 383: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1672 Leica)