WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0609. Fragments

Description: Three fragmentary blocks of grey limestone . a) w: 0.52 x h: 0.24 x d: 0.44. b) w: 0.20 x h: 0.24 x d: 0.30. c) w: 0.30 x h: 0.24 x d: 0.30.
Text: Inscribed ; bearing letters which appear to be part of a contemporary inscription.
Letters: Irregular capitals: 0.11.

Date: First to third centuries CE (titulature)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, Temple of Liber Pater..
Original location: Steps of the Temple of Liber Pater
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
[--- fla]ṃen sufes [---]
b
[---]ạm[---]
c
[---]caṛ[---]

Diplomatic

a
[---...].ENSUFES[---]
b
[---].M[---]
c
[---]CA.[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a ) [---] flamen (priest), sufete[---](in nominative case) (b. and c.) Not usefully translatable.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 609, whence IRT, 2009, 609, whence EDH 059464; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XV.37)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XV.38)