WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0704. Fragment

Description: Fragment from the upper right-hand corner of a panel of cream marble (w: 0.43 x h: 0.28 x d: 0.36); apparently uniform with 703.
Text: Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters: Second to third century capitals: line 1, 0.085; line 2-3, 0.065.

Date: Second to third centuries

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

Interpretive

[--- ex testa]mento Flaui
[Hateriani Ca]lpur[n(ius) c. 3 - 4]orus
[---]us et M[c. 8 - 9]
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Diplomatic

[---.......]MENTOFLAUI
[...........]LPUR[.c. 3 - 4]ORUS
[---]USETM[c. 8 - 9]
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English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[---] according to the will of Flavius [Haterianus] Calpur[n(ius) ?---]

Commentary

Line 2. Calpurnius [c. 3 - 4]orus. See 703.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 704, whence IRT, 2009, 704, whence EDH 059553; 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)

   Fig. 2. From left: 785, 704: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1669 Leica)