Description:
Plaque of
plaster, in the form of a tabula ansata, originally fixed to the wall;
w:
0.47-0.695 x h:
0.32
Text:
Inscribed i in the central panel,
ii on the left ansa, iii in the right. In i, line 5, after TUIT lines 5a and 5b,
in a far smaller hand, are fitted into the remaining space
Letters: Line 1, 0.05; lines 2-3, 0.07-0.08; line 4, 0.05, line 5 0.04-0.05; line 6-7, 0.02
Date: 201-259 CE (context)
Findspot: Bu Njem:
Fort, Baths, Room of Fortuna, west wall
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot
1: HS
2: lbirarius
4: xe
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i): Junius Amicus, (i.e. on-one-and-a-half-pay) and also clerk, partly restored the earlier bath, with the whole detachment of soldiers.
(ii): Divinities
(iii): Undefeated
Bibliography: Rebuffat, 1970 70-52, pp 140-141, pl. 35a, whence EDCS 48500128
Images
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