WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0702. Fragments

Description: Four fragments from a panel of cream marble, possibly but not certainly belonging to 701. a) w: 0.13 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.03, no edges.b) w: 0.055 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.03, no edges.c) w: 0.325 x h: 0.17 x d: 0.03, no edges.d) no edges.
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
[---]RI[---]
[---]MP[---]
b
[---]++[---]
[---]EN[---]
c
[---] et [---]
[---] ḅẹḷḷụm [---]
d
[---][---]

Diplomatic

a
[---]RI[---]
[---]MP[---]
b
[---]··[---]
[---]EN[---]
c
[---]ET[---]
[---].....M[---]
d
[---].[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

Not usefully translatable, except for c. line 2 [---] war [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 702, whence IRT, 2009, 702, whence EDH 059551; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 290 Lastre)