WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0701. Fragmentary dedication?

Description: Two fragments of a panel of cream marble (w: 0.42 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.036 and w: 0.26 x h: 0.155 x d: 0.035, no edges surviving).
Text: Inscribed on the surviving faces.
Letters: Second to third century capitals: 0.065.

Date: Second to third centuries (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio V, Theatre.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
[--- F]la[ui]- [---]
[--- Ca]pito statuas I[III] [---]
[--- a]diect(is) ampl(ius) d[e suo ---]
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b
[--- F]laui[---]
[---]V ex (denariis) VII[I] [---]
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Diplomatic

a
[---.]LA[..---]
[---..]PITOSTATUASI[...---]
[---.]DIECTAMPLD[....---]
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b
[---.]LAUI[---]
[---]VEX 𐆖 VII[.---]
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a.2: For the number I[III] see 700.
b.2: For the number VII[I] see 700.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a) [---]Flavius (case unknown) Capito (nominative ) four statues [---] adding further from his own funds [---]

(b) [---] Flavi[us?---] (case unknown)[---] from eight thousend sesterces [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 701, whence IRT, 2009, 701, whence EDH 059550; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: Above: 701b, 704; Below: 760, 701a: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XIII.35)