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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0937. Milestone. Mile XXX. Gordian III.

Description: Columnar milestone of brown limestone (h: 1.53 x diam.: 0.45) broken in two pieces.
Text: Lines 1-4 and 9 painted, lines 5-8 incised on the shaft.
Letters: Irregular lettering: 0.08

Date: CE 239. (titulature)

Findspot: Eastern Jabal: Wadi Dauun, below the modern Marconi-Tarhuna road, 2 km. West of Gasr Dauun. Found with 936
Original location: Findspot: Eastern Jabal Road
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum.

Interpretive

Imp(erator) Caesạṛ Ạṇṭọṇị-
nus Gọrdịạṇụṣ P̣ịụṣ
Felix Ạụg̣(ustus) p̣ọṇṭị-
fex max̣ịṃụṣ
5tribuniciae potẹ-
satis bis pateṛ
patrie co(n)s(ul) mil(ia) p(assuum)
XXX

Diplomatic

IMPCAES........
NUSG.RD.........
FELIX........
FEXMA.....
5TRIBUNICIAEPOT.
SATISBISPATE.
PATRIECOS MILP
XXX

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Emperor Caesar Antoninus Gordianus, Pius, Felix, Augustus, high priest, holding tribunician power for the second time, father of the country, consul [?]. Mile 30.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 937, without transcription, whence IRT, 2009, 937, whence EDH 059773; Oates, 1953 114; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 2012 Leica)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 2014 Leica)


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