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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1119. Libyan? inscription

Description: Left side fragment of limestone panel, broken away to the right chipped at the edges: h: 0.455 x d: 0.17.
Text: Inscribed within a sunk panel on the face, which is extremely worn
Letters: 0.02-0.025; non-standard forms.

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

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ṚA [---]
ṬẸ [---]
BUE [c. 13]B[---]
ḶAṆ[..]E[.]C[c. 9]AN ( vac. 1)[---]
5 LU[..]ḄUN U[c. 8]MṂSE[---]
[c. 4]ṚEMAEI CIBES MEỊSḤ[---]
[c. 4]ṂUSES ducenṭos Ꞩ ERIO[---]
[c. 4]ṚISASṬE FEΘ̣AΘ̣ARẸ ̣ỊṬỊ[---]

Diplomatic

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.A[---]
..[---]
BUE[·············]B[---]
.A.[··]E[·]C[·········]AN  [---]
5LU[··].UN U[········]M.SE[---]
[····].EMAEI CIBES ME.S.[---]
[····].USESDUCEN.OSꞨERIO[---]
[····].ISAS.E FE.A.AR.....[---]

English translation

Translation source: Kerr, 2010

This text does not seem Punic: ducentos ꞩ is possibly two hundred sestertii.

Bibliography: Reynolds, 1958 3, p.136, whence Elmayer, 1997, 67, Kerr, 2010, 199

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Barron, 1955)