Description: Fragments of a marble
panel. The fragments (Text B) from the lower left-hand corner of
(w:
0.43 x h:
0.34) have been damaged since they were photographed in 1948, but a further associated fragment has been found (Text A).
Text: Inscribed on one face;
Letters: Late form of Rustic capitals: 0.075.
Date: Late third or early fourth century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Forum Vetus
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
B.1: [·· c. 10··]ORV[·· ? ··] IRT, 1952
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
[---] (line 3) ? in justice [---] with labour and industry [---] the Lepcimagnensians [---]
Italian translation
Translation source: Tantillo-Bigi, 2010
… Lucius Ar . . . per la giustizia da lui mostrata nei loro confronti . . . con impegno e operosità . . . gli abitanti di Leptis Magna . . .
English translation
Translation source: LSA, 2012
Lucius Ar . . . . On account of his justice towards themselves . . . through labour and industy . . . the Lepcimagnenses . . .
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 622, whence IRT, 2009, 622; Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 62, whence LSA, 2012, 2207 (Tantillo and Bigi), EDH (Bigi, 2014) 059476; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.X.25)
Fig. 2. A and B: Tantillo, 2005 (DSCN1662)