Description: Lower part of a moulded base (w:
0.67 x h:
0.90 x d:
0.97; height incomplete) of grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die, w:
0.47 x h:
0.70).
Letters: Irregular capitals, late second to third centuries CE: av. 0.07.
Date: Late second to third centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: East Necropolis,
Mausolea east of the city (Bartoccini MS notes).
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum; formerly in Homs Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To the gods below of Quintus Calvisius Amicus, a husband of unique indulgence; Calvisiana, his wife, had this set up.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 679, whence IRT, 2009, 679, whence EDH 059530; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 502)