Description: Right-hand part of a block (w:
1.05 x h:
0.54 x d:
0.40) of grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die,w:
0.76 x h:
0.29, height incomplete).
Letters: Rustic capitals: line 1, 0.07; line 2-3, 0.05.
Date: Second to early third centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V,
Theatre; found near the rear Portico, built into the North wall.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Now standing on the North wall of the Portico behind the theatre.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To [---] Cornelius Amicus [---] flamen (priest), pontifex (priest); Cornelius Geta set this up to his brother, with the permission of the most splendid city council.
Commentary
Line 1. Cornelius Amicus. Perhaps also in 594, line 3.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 592, whence IRT, 2009, 592, whence EDH 059451; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Face: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXI.11)
Fig. 2. Face: Tantillo (n.d.)