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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0506. Dedication by the Lepcitani

Description: Fragment from the lower part of a marble panel (w: 0.55 x h: 0.43).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Mannered Rustic capitals: 0.05.

Date: Second to early third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum.

Interpretive

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Lepcit[ani]
numin[i] eius
deuotissimi
5publice

Diplomatic

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LEPCIT[...]
NUMIN[.]EIUS
DEUOTISSIMI
5PUBLICE

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[---] the Lepcitanians, deeply devoted to his(/her) divine power (scil. set this up) publicly.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 506, whence IRT, 2009, 506, whence EDH 059399; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.8)