Description: Twenty-four fragments of a white
marble
panel:
w:
0.815 x h:
1.17 x d:
0.81.5.
Text:
Inscribed on the face (a) and a surviving fragment (b); the text also in acrostic.
Letters: 0.03
Date: Late third to early fourth century (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Regio V, in the Serapeion.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum.
Interpretive
a
[Δ---]
[Ο---]
[Υ---]Λ̣Δ[---]
[Λ---]ΚΤΕΑΙ[---]
5[Κc. 9]δωτήρ τε κα̣[ὶ---]
[ἱπ]π̣εὺϲ Αὐϲονίων πατρόθεν ἐκ[– ⏑⏑ ‒]
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν θεὸϲ οἶδέ τινοϲ πε-[⏑⏑ ‒ ⏑⏑ ‒]
ἵλαον αὐτὸν ἔχειν εἰϲ βίο̣[ν] εὐξαμέ̣[νου?---]
ὄφρα δὲ καί ϲυ μάθῃϲ τ-[⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ το]ὔ̣νομα γράμμα
10ϲοιϲι̣ν ἐν ὀφθ[α]λ̣μοῖϲ [ἀρχ]όμενοϲ ϲελ̣ίδ̣ο[ϲ] b
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[---]μερόπω[ν---]
[---π]α̣μβαϲιλ[---]
------ Acrostic
Diplomatic
a
[.---]
[.---]
[.---].Δ[---]
[.---]ΚΤΕΑΙ[---]
5[.·········]ΔΩΤΗΡΤΕΚ.[.---]
[..].ΕΥϹΑΥϹΟΝΙΩΝΠΑΤΡΟΘΕΝΕΚ[....]
ΤΑΥΤΑΜΕΝΟΥΝΘΕΟϹΟΙΔΕΤΙΝΟϹΠΕ[.......]
ΙΛΑΟΝΑΥΤΟΝΕΧΕΙΝΕΙϹΒΙ.[.]ΕΥΞΑΜ.[...---]
ΟΦΡΑΔΕΚΑΙϹΥΜΑΘΗϹΤ[........].ΝΟΜΑΓΡΑΜΜΑ
10ϹΟΙϹ.ΝΕΝΟΦΘ[.].ΜΟΙϹ[...]ΟΜΕΝΟϹϹΕ.Ι.Ο[.] b
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[---]ΜΕΡΟΠΩ[.---]
[---.].ΜΒΑϹΙΛ[---]
------ Acrostic
Italian translation
Translation by:
(a): . . . cavaliere ausonio, dal padre . . . ciò il dio sa, di uno che . . . si augura ? di averlo propizio per la vita; affinché
anche tu possa imparare . . . il nome . . . la lettera di fronte ai tuoi occhi, iniziando dalla (prima lettera della) colonna
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(a): . . . ] a knight, of Roman descent [ . . . ] this the God knew [ . . . ] praying to have him propitious for a lifetime [
. . . ] the name is in writing for you to see, beginning the line. (b): . . . ] of mortals [ . . . ] ruling everything [ . . . (c): [Dulci]tius
Bibliography: a: Pugliese-Carratelli, 2003 14, 272, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique 2004.459, AE 2003.1918, SEG 53.1166, whence PHI 323911, SEG 53.1167; b: Pugliese-Carratelli, 2003 15, 272, whence SEG 53.1167, PHI 323912, 323913), assembled with a further three fragments and revised, Tantillo, 2006 412-415, Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 86, whence EDH (Bigi, 2014) 067618
Images
Fig. 1. Face, assembled: Tantillo (2005)
