Description: Three fragments of a marble
panel.
a). w:
0.25 x h:
0.225 x d:
0.035
b). w:
0.215 x h:
0.13 x d:
0.037
c). w:
0.73 x h:
0.68 x d:
0.03-0.04
At the left-hand end of line 1 and 2, there are two larger circles, the lower of which contains the inscribed figure of a
dog;
and between lines 2 and 3 there are the inscribed figures of an ostrich and of a horse with a tall plume.
Text: Inscribed on one face, each letter within an inscribed circle.
Letters: 0.03
Date: First-third centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V,
Theatre; found in the rear Portico, in 1951.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
You cannot win a point; you do not know how to play.
Commentary
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 765a, whence IRT, 2009, 765a, whence EDH 059613; Caputo, 1950b, whence AE 1953.96, EDH 018518; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 2154 Leica)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 2152 Leica)