Description: Limestone
stele broken above
w:
0.34 x h:
0.46 x d:
0.11
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters: 0.05-0.058; ligatured IL in line 2
Date: First quarter of the third century (context)
Findspot: Wadi Zemzem:
Gheriat el-Garbia, re-used in a house in the Berber village: found in 2009.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Excavation depot; inventory 09/10
1: [ . . ]/ Gaius Mackensen, 2010; [Ro]/gatus AE
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
[Sacred to the gods below]: Gaius, soldier of the Third Legion Augusta Pia Vindex, lived 31 years.
Bibliography: Mackensen, 2010 381-383, whence AE 2010.1785, Mackensen, 2012 58, note 1, whence EDCS 59600075; Mackensen, 2021 09/10, p.127 and plate 1.
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Mackensen, 2010)
Fig. 2. Drawing (Mackensen, n.d.)