WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0811. Fragment

Description: Fragment of a marble pilaster , re-used.
Text: Inscribed on the reverse face (w: 0.37 x h: 0.21 x d: 0.05, lower edge).
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals . 0.045.

Date: Second half of the fourth century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum.

Interpretive

A
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[..]A[---]
[---pra]eses pṛ[ou(inciae) Tripol(itanae)]
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B
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[refor]mauịṭ magnạ[ ex parte---]
[--- curante---ex c]ọmitibus ciue AṬ[---]
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Diplomatic

A
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[··]A[---]
[---...]ESESP.[..][......]
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B
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[.....]MAU..MAGN.[.......---]
[---.......---...].MITIBUSCIUEA.[---]
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B.1: [·· ? ··] MẠṾṬỊ magni[·· ? ··] IRT, 1952
B.2: [·· ? ··]omitibus CIVEAT [·· ? ··] IRT, 1952

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(B): [---] ?of a great [---] ? to (or by) ?companions [---]

Commentary

The fragments recognised and assembled by Bigi and Tantillo.

Bibliography: B: IRT, 1952, 811, whence IRT, 2009, 811; A and B, Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 78, whence EDH (Bigi, 2014) 059661; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. A: Tantillo, 2005 (DSCN1702)

   Fig. 2. B: Tantillo, 2005 (DSCN1691)

   Fig. 3. Reverse face: Tantillo, 2005 (DSCN1693)

   Fig. 4. From left: Above, IRT 573 a and b; Below: IRT 811.b, IRT 789: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.34)