Description: Triangular-headed stele (w:
0.32 x h:
0.37 x d:
0.09) of brown limestone.
Text: Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters: Third century capitals: 0.025-0.035.
Date: Third century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Bu Njem: from the
Necropolis south of the fort.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
Sacred to the gods below; Euasius, also called Calvana, (scil. who) lived one year and four months, lies here
Bibliography: Bartoccini, 1928a, 57; IRT, 1952, 922, whence IRT, 2009, 922, whence EDH 059762; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 693 Leica)