WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0794e. Quarry-mark

Description: Fragment from the reverse face of the border of a mouldedpanel of Phrygian marble (pavonazzetto) (w: 0.21 x h: 0.43 x d: 0.035)
Text: There are two texts, the one cut upside-down to the other, on the undressed surface.
Letters: i: 0.08-0.10; ii: 0.04-0.055.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio II, Hadrianic Baths.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum.

Interpretive

i
[---] III co(n)s(ule) [---]
ii
[--- Au]g(usto) co(n)s(ule) [---]
[---]I

Diplomatic

i
[---]IIICOS[---]
ii
[---..]GCOS[---]
[---]I

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(i): [---]III consul [---] (ii): Augustus, consul [---]

Bibliography: Bartoccini, 1929, 95 ; IRT, 1952, 794, whence IRT, 2009, 794, whence EDH 067691; see also Ward-Perkins, 1951 89-90; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: IRT 794e, IRT 795: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.20)