Description:
block
(w:
0.78 x h:
0.51 x d:
0.12) of
grey limestone, much worn.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a tabella ansata
(die, w:
0.40 x h:
0.26);
one line of Neo-Punic (Neo-Punic 5);. follows the Greek and Latin texts.
The Neo-Punic text is a translation of the Latin and Greek.
Letters: Irregular capitals: av. 0.035.
Date: First to third century CE (nomenclature)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: "east part of the ruins", found in 1846
together with 655 and uniform with it.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle.
3-4: Underlined letters were read in 1846 (CIL VIII, 15) but are no longer visible.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
i. Boncar Clodius son of Mecrasus, doctor (in Latin)
Boncar Clodius son of Mecrasus, doctor (in Greek)
English translation
Translation by: Caroline Barron
ii. Bodelqart, the surgeon, Clodius, the doctor
Commentary
Line 1-2. Boncar Mercrasi Clodius. Also in 655, line 1-2.
Discussion of Neo-Punic text: Jongeling, K. 1983, ‘Neo-punische-latijnse inscripties uit Lepcis Magna (Libye)’ in 13, 414; Giardina (1988), 67-87; Adams (2003), 216; Jongeling (2008), Labdah N5; Wilson (2012), 302-303.
Bibliography: CIL VIII, 1881, 15 , whence IGRR, I:937; Bartoccini, 1923 98; IRT, 1952, 654; with the Neo-Punic text Levi Della Vida, 1987 13, whence PHI 189515 and Jongeling-Kerr, 2005 17-18 and Jongeling, 2008 Labdah N5; IRT, 2009, 654, whence EDH 059507; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
