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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1337. Seat inscriptions

Description: Fourteen limestone seats, damaged: w: 6.50 x h: 0.67 x d: 0.16-0.28,>
Text: Inscribed in two lines on the upper face of one row
Letters: Line 1 0.18-0.28, line 2 0.10-0.17

Date: Mid second century CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Road from the Circus to the Port, Amphitheatre: west section of podium, second row of seats.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Ti(berius) Lar | ci | us | C | ere | alis, Q(uintus) Cḷ[odi]us Crescens [---]
-niani Q(uintus) Ṃar- [---]

Diplomatic

TILAR | CI | US | C | ERE | ALISQC.[...]USCRESCENS[---]
NIANIQ.AR[---]

2: - - - ]nianus Q. +AR [ . . . ] A Pellegrino, 2018

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Upper line): Tiberius Larcius Ceralis, Quintus Clodius Crescens, [ . . . ; (Lower line): . . . -]nianus Quintus Mar[- . . ..

Bibliography: Pellegrino, 2018, 216-219, 1-14, whence EDCS 81300090, AE, 2018.1868, with the readings of G. Di Vita-Évrard and K Marmouri, whence this text.

Images

   Fig. 1. Above, 1337 (part); below, 1338 (part) (Kenrick, 2008)

   Fig. 2. Above, 1337 (part); below, 1338 (part) (Kenrick, 2007)

   Fig. 3. Above,1336 (part); below 1337 (part); below, 1338 (part) (Kenrick, 2008)