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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1140. Fragment of imperial titulature

Description: Broken limestone block: w: 0.48 x h: 0.67 x d: 0.23
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: 0.145

Date: 199-217 CE (reign)

Findspot: Wadi Zemzem: Gheriat el-Garbia: found in 2010.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Excavation depot; inventory 10/02.

Interpretive

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[---] Ara[bic----]
[---A]nton[ino ---]
[---]co(n)s(ul)- ⟦leg(ion)- [---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]ARA[....---]
[---.]NTON[...---]
[---]COS⟦LEG[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] victor in Arabia [ . . . ] Antoninus [ . . . ] consul, legion (erased) [ . . .

Bibliography: R. Haensch in Mackensen, 2011 336-343, whence AE 2011.1537; Mackensen, 2012 58, note 1, whence EDCS 53000382

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