WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0793. Panel fragments

Description: Three fragments a)-c) from a marble panel, and a fourth fragment d), possibly but not certainly from the same panel; similar to, and perhaps uniform with, 773. a) w: 0.12 x h: 0.14 x d: 0.032, no edges surviving. b) and c) w: 0.19 x h: 0.16 x d: 0.032 and w: 0.215 x h: 0.185 x d: 0.032, both from the lower edge. d) w: 0.185 x h: 0.19 x d: 0.03, from the upper right-hand edge of the die with part of the right-hand ansa of a tabella ansata.
Text: Inscribed within a moulded border.
Letters: Second to third century capitals: 0.045

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Harbour area.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum.

Interpretive

a
[---] TIFE [---]
[---]ulit [---]
b and c
[---] ṢIRẸS[---]
[---]nari ((leaf)) s[--- s]oluit
d
[---]ici
[---]lo
[---]P ((leaf))
[---]T P

Diplomatic

a
[---]TIFE[---]
[---]ULIT[---]
b and c
[---].IR.S[---]
[---]NARI S[---.]OLUIT
d
[---]ICI
[---]LO
[---]P
[---]T P

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a)not usefully translatable; (b+c) [---] he/she paid. (d)not usefully translatable.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 793, whence IRT, 2009, 793, whence EDH 059643; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Upper left: 307 (two fragments); lower left, 773 (three fragments); to the right, 793 (four fragments): Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.17)