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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1118. Funerary inscription

Description: Right side fragment of limestone panel, chipped at the upper edge: w: 0.18 x h: 0.18.
Text: Inscribed within a panel defined by an incised line
Letters: 0.04

Date: First-third centuries CE (content)

Findspot: Ghadames: findspot unknown. Found by C.J. Barron in 1955
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Ghadames Museum

Interpretive

D(is) [M(anibus)]
Atin[ia --- fi?-]
lia Ati[ni --- ui-]
xit an[nos---]

Diplomatic

D[.]
ATIN[..---..-]
LIAATI[..---..-]
XITAN[...---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

To the gods below: Atin[ia ?daughter] of Ati[nius? lived ? years [ . . .

Bibliography: Reynolds, 1958 2, pp.135-6.

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Brogan, 1955)