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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1074. Dedication ?

Description: Two fragments of a cornice. a: w: 0.21 x h: 0.235 x d: 0.17; b: w: 0.11 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.17.
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: a: 0.036-0.043, ΑΥ and ΡΗΛ in ligature; b: 0.045-0.047.

Date: After 161 CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio V, in the Serapeion: from the cornice crowning the right-hand anta enclosing steps to the temple.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
Aὐρήλ[ιος---]
b
[--- Ἄμμω?]ν Ὕψ[ιστος]

Diplomatic

a
AΥΡΗΛ[...---]
b
[---....]ΝΥΨ[.....]

a: Οὐράν[ιος Pugliese-Carratelli, 2003; Aὐρήλ[ιος Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(a): Aurel[ius . . . (b): . . . ?Ammo]n Hyps[istos . . .

Bibliography: Pugliese-Carratelli, 2003 2 a-b, 273, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique 2004.459, whence AE 2003.1905, SEG 53.1170, whence PHI 323916

Images

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