Description: Two joining fragments of a marble
base (w:
0.17 x h:
0.23, no edges surviving).
Text: Inscribed on the surviving face, from which a previous text has been erased.
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: 0.035.
Date: 324-326 CE (context)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Wadi Lebdah )
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
[---] (line 3 column[s (case and number unknown)---] of the work [---])
English translation
Translation source: LSA, 2012
... a tripartite portico, decorated by its own magnitude and by columns from Troas, was made and dedicated from provincial labour and public expense ...
Commentary
The text has been restored by reference to 467, lines 5-6.
Bibliography: Relazioni di Scavo 7.8.32, IRT, 1952, 771, whence IRT, 2009, 771; Revised Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 72, whence LSA, 2012, 2214 (Tantillo and Bigi), EDH (Bigi, 2014) 059619; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.