Description: Two inscribed blocks of compact grey limestone, with architrave moulding below and sockets for transverse timbers (w:
0.26 x h:
0.26) on the lower rear face; from a monumental inscription.
a) w:
0.77 x h:
0.51 x d:
0.52
b) w:
0.74 x h:
0.52 x d:
0.52
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Lapidary capitals, 0.125. Lapidary capitals, 0.14.
Date: First to second centuries A.D (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Regio V, insula 2:
a) built into the house at the W angle, opposite the Theatre.
b) loose near-by.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
(a) [---Co]rnelius F[---] (b) not usefully translatable.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 685, whence IRT, 2009, 685, whence EDH 059536
Images
None available (2021).