WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0618. Fragmentary dedication?

Description: Two fragments (w: 0.41 x h: 0.32 and w: 0.40 x h: 0.17) from the lower part of a large marble panel. The panel was later reversed and re-used, but no part of the secondary text is legible.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century CE Lapidary capitals: 0.11.

Date: Second century CE (lettering)

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

Interpretive

a
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[--- L]epcitani pu[blice ---]
b
[--- d]edic[au---]

Diplomatic

a
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[---.]EPCITANIPU[.....---]
b
[---.]EDIC[..---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a )[---] the Lepcitanians publicly [---] (b)[---] dedicated [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 618, whence IRT, 2009, 618, whence EDH 059472; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.X.32)