Description: Large block (w:
1.55 x h:
0.48) of grey limestone
Text: Inscribed within a recessed panel (die, w:
0.98 x h:
0.33) flanked by smaller triangular panels with Volute terminals and foliage.
a) Central panel.
b) Side panels.
Letters: a) Irregular capitals, incised: 0.03. b) Irregular capitals, in false relief (as 865): 0.03.
Date: First-fourth centuries CE
Findspot:
Wādī Sawfajjīn:
Upper Sofeggin Basin : from an unidentified site.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Built into the central courtyard of the Fort at Misda (1952)
Interpretive
a
Iulius Seuer[us] Masinthanis filius [c. 5]an
munitionem tunc pareṇ[c. 12] ṃu--
-mi eius renouauit Gaudentius [c. 4]m-
atoribus qụa uọluntati ọrna[...]it
5C[.]ND[c. 7] uiuat ONMRUU[.]IEM
PUSHMAR dis permitentibus fili
eius [deu]oti posteri FRUNIS CAN
TURE V BONA FATORONO b left panelright panel
Diplomatic
a
IULIUSSEUER[..]MASINTHANISFILIUS[·····]AN
MUNITIONEMTUNCPARE.[············].U
MIEIUSRENOUAUITGAUDENTIUS[····]M
ATORIBUSQ.AU.LUNTATI.RNA[···]IT
5C[·]ND[·······]UIUATONMRUU[·]IEM
PUSHMARDISPERMITENTIBUSFILI
EIUS[...]OTIPOSTERIFRUNISCAN
TUREVBONAFATORONO bleft panelright panel
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
(a) Julius Severus, son of Masinthan, rebuilt the fortification at that time [---] his parents [---] Gaudentius renewed its [---] wth the goodwill with which he ornamented [---] ?may he live [---] with the gods permitting; his sons, devoted successors [---]
b Oh Severus (space) Masinthan
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 884 whence Elmayer, 1997, 31, IRT, 2009, 884, whence EDH 059730; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. neg. ETAL)
