WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0802. Greek mason's marks

Description: White marble (Pentelic) bases.
Text: Inscribed on the upper surfaces.
Letters: 0.06-0.11.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum: Severan Basilica, in the gallery which flanks it to the East.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
Ἀριϲτοφ-
b
ΕΠ
c
ϹΙ
d
Εὐτυχι-
e
Ϲωτη-

Diplomatic

a
ΑΡΙϹΤΟΦ
b
ΕΠ
c
ϹΙ
d
ΕΥΤΥΧΙ
e
ϹΩΤΗ

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a) Aristoph( ?)

(b) Ep( ?)

(c) Si( ?)

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(d) Eutyches

(e) Sote-

Bibliography: >Described, Ward-Perkins, 1951 94; IRT, 1952, 802, whence PHI 189616, 189617, 189618 189619 189620 IRT, 2009, 802, whence EDH 059652; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. a: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXI.35)

   Fig. 2. d: Ward-Perkins, 1951 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 51.I.25)