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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0963. Milestone. Mile XXV. Caracalla

Description: Columnar milestone of limestone, broken away above: at least 1.00
Text: Inscribed on the shaft.
Letters: No description.

Date: Probably Caracalla, CE 216: GODOT (context, style)

Findspot: Wādī Sawfajjīn: area of Zintan to Mizda: 1 km. east of the wells at Oglet el-Geflrat, about 40 km. from Zintan by the direct route; recorded by Corò, before 1934.
Original location: Findspot: Upper Sofeggin Road
Last recorded location: Findspot (before 1934)

Interpretive

(19 lines: no text transcribed)

Diplomatic

(19 lines: no text transcribed)

Commentary

Corò, loc. cit., records 18 lines of imperial titles, probably of Caracalla, and a number. For the mile, Corò gives XXV orXXX; the geographical relation of the findspot to other known mile-stations on this road shows that XXV is correct.

Bibliography: Corò, 1937, 70 (no transcription), whence Goodchild, 1948, 31, page 22, whence IRT, 1952, 963, IRT, 2009, 963, EDH 059801

Images

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