WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0784. Fragments from a testamentary inscription.

Description: Seven fragments of a marble panel. a) w: 0.175 x h: 0.155 x d: 0.03, left-hand edge. b) w: 0.16 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.03, left-hand edge. c) w: 0.16 x h: 0.11 x d: 0.03, no edges surviving. d) w: 0.15 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.03, no edges surviving. e-g) small fragments.
Text: Inscribed on the surviving faces.
Letters: Mannered Rustic capitals: 0.09.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

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

Interpretive

a
[--- ex]-
[testa-]
menṭ[o ---]
b
quaẹ[---]
c
[---] ỊỊH E[---]
d
[---]re lo[---]
e
[---] CO [---]
f
[---] SV [---]
g
[---] IT [---]

Diplomatic

a
[---..
.....-]
MEN.[.---]
b
QUA.[---]
c
[---]..HE[---]
d
[---]RELO[---]
e
[---]CO[---]
f
[---]SV[---]
g
[---]IT[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a)[---] in accordance with the will [---]; (b) Which things [---]; (c); [---] sesterces [---]; (d to g) not usefully translatable.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 784, whence IRT, 2009, 784, whence EDH 059632; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XVI.10)