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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1084. Funerary inscription

Description: Limestone block, w: 0.93 x h: 0.455 x d: 0.78.
Text: Inscribed on the face, within a tabella ansata, w: 0.765 x h: 0.34; i to the left of ii, iii across the face below both texts
Letters: 0.05

Date: Mid second century CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: West Necropolis, a mausoleum in Wadi Rsaf; found in 1997.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

i
[D(is) m(anibus)] s(acrum)
Pompeio Nabori
qui uix(it) annis
XXVIIII m(ensibus) VII
ii
D(is) m(anibus) [s(acrum)]
Pompeio Ba[rea]
qui uix(it) an[nis]
XXVII d(iebus) X[..]
iii
Pompeius [.]II[..]pus p[a]r(ens) filis suis

Diplomatic

i
[..]S
POMPEIONABORI
QUIUIXANNIS
XXVIIIIMVII
ii
DM[.]
POMPEIOBA[...]
QUIUIXAN[...]
XXVIIDX[··]
iii
POMPEIUS[·]II[··]PUSP[.]RFILISSUIS

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i): Sacred [to the Gods below]: for Pompeius Nabor, who lived 29 years and 7 months

(i): Sacred to the Gods below: for Pompeius Barea, who lived 27 years, ?10+ days

(i): Pompeius [ . . . -]pus, their parent, for his sons

Bibliography: Cifani, 2006, 23-25

Images

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