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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0665. Fragment

Description: Fragment from the upper part of a panel of grey limestone (w: 0.14 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.05).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Rough capitals: line 1, 0 035; line 2, 0.05.

Date: First to fourth century CE (nomenclature)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, loose near the South East angle.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

[--- A]ntoni[us ---]
[--- F]elix [---]

Diplomatic

[---.]NTONI[..---]
[---.]ELIX[---]

1: Or Antoninus. The lettering is not that of a second or third century imperial dedication.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[---] Antonius (or Antoninus) [---] Felix [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 665, whence IRT, 2009, 665, whence EDH 059517; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XVII.3)