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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1087. Fragmentary honours for Blaesilla

Description: Three joining fragments of a marbled limestone panel (w: 0.52 x h: 0.16)
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: Standard forms

Date: Second quarter of the second century (context, prosopography)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Decumanus maximus, Schola; from the aula à exèdres.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum

Interpretive

Aquiliae ((stop)) C(aii) ((stop)) f(iliae) ((stop)) Blaesillạ[e]
[c. 12] ọp̣ṭịṃạ[e] ((stop)) [---]
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Diplomatic

AQUILIAE C F BLAESILL.[.]
[············]......[.] [---]
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French translation

Translation source: de Chaisemartin, 2017

À Aquilia Blaesilla, fille de Caius . . . excellente . . .

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

For Aquilia Blaesilla, daighter of Caius, the best [ . . .

Commentary

Aquilia Blaesilla: https://pir.bbaw.de/id/1809.

Bibliography: de Chaisemartin, 2017, 38, no. 2 and fig.31, whence AE, 2017.1684, EDCS 78300370

Images

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