WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0791. Panel fragments

Description: Fragments of two similar marble panels, each inscribed between horizontal lines and differing only in thickness and in the grain of the marble. a) w: 0.21 x h: 0.14 x d: 0.05, possibly from upper edge. b) w: 0.16 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.05, no edges surviving. c) w: 0.38 x h: 0.27 x d: 0.05, no edges surviving. d) w: 0.24 x h: 0.17 x d: 0.03, no edges surviving.
Text: Each inscribed between horizontal lines.
Letters: Mannered lapidary capitals, probably third century: 0.08.

Date: Probably third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Street from the Chalcidicum to the Hadrianic Baths; a) - c) found in the street; Forum Vetus; d) found in Church II
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum

Interpretive

a
[---]lau[---]
[---]t pi[---]
b
[---]bo[---]
c
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]b et[---]
d
[---] pec[unia ---]

Diplomatic

a
[---]LAU[---]
[---]TPI[---]
b
[---]BO[---]
c
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]BET[---]
d
[---]PEC[....---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a-c) not usefully translatable; (d)[---] money (case unknown) [---]

Bibliography: a-c: Relazioni di Scavo 23.11.31;; IRT, 1952, 791, whence IRT, 2009, 791, whence EDH 059640; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: 791, 797: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.10)