Description: Worn fragment from the bottom left-hand corner of a marble
panel (w:
0.24 x h:
0.15 x d:
0.04).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Capitals, probably third century CE: line 1, 1-2, 0.035; line 3, 0.015.
Date: Probably third century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Forum Vetus.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
[---]cianus soldier of cohort [---] of Valerius P[---] paid his vow.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . -]cianus soldier of cohort [?I of Syrian ? or Hammian] archers, (and) Valerius P[- . . . paid their] vow.
Commentary
Lines 1-2: or c[oh(ortis) II Ham(iorum)] Le Bohec.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 585, whence IRT, 2009, 585, whence EDH 059446: Le Bohec, 1989 84, whence AE 1992.1759; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
