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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1122. Building inscription

Description: Two joining fragments of limestone panel w: 0.335 x h: 0.33 x d: 0.063
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: 0.049-0.055

Date: Second half of the fourth-first half of the fifth century CE (content)

Findspot: Wadi Zemzem: Gheriat el-Garbia: found at the porta praetoria in 2009, one fragment in front of the north lateral passage. the other in debris in the southern passage.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Excavation depot; inventory 09/1a.b

Interpretive

Ab impetu aqu[arum ---]
multa loca ed[ucta? ---]
[..pa]lude dụ- [per?]
[limi]tem Teṇ[theitanum ---]
5[ - - - ]I CVII m[ili?](?)- [---]
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Diplomatic

ABIMPETUAQU[....---]
MULTALOCAED[....---]
[··..]LUDED.[...]
[....]TEMTE.[.........---]
5[]ICVIIM[...---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

From the surge of the waters [ . . .] many places removed [ . . .] marsh [ . . . ?at] the frontier district of Tentheis . . .

Bibliography: Haensch-Mackensen, 2011; Mackensen, 2012, 58, note 1, EDCS 52200531

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Mackensen, 2009)

   Fig. 2. Face (Mackensen, n.d.)