WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1080. Funerary inscription

Description: Alabaster funerary urn
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: No measurements

Date: Mid second century CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: West Necropolis, a mausoleum in Wadi Rsaf.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

M(arcus) B(ibius) Cr(escens) c(larissimus) u(ir)

Diplomatic

MBCRCU

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Marcus Bibius Crescens, man of senatorial rank.

Commentary

M. Vibius Crescens: https://pir.bbaw.de/id/14960

Bibliography: Di Vita-Évrard, 2008a, 151-152, whence AE 2008.1620, EDCS 51500074

Images

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