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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1338. Seat inscriptions

Description: Ten limestone seats, damaged: w: 4.23 x h: 0.68,>
Text: Inscribed in two lines on the upper face of one row
Letters: Line 1 0.19-0.22, line 2 0.13-0.14

Date: Mid to late second century CE (context)

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

Interpretive

C(aius) ((leaf)) | Ui | bi | us | A | ni | mo | ṣụṣ, M- [---]
M | a | r | c | i | i | R[us]o(niani) [---]

Diplomatic

C | UI | BI | US | A | NI | MO | ...M[---]
M | A | R | C | I | I | R[..]O[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Upper line): Caius Vibius Animosus, M[- . . . ; (Lower line): (scil. Place) of Marcius Rusonianus [ . . .

Bibliography: Pellegrino, 2018, 214-216, 1-10, whence EDCS 81300091, AE, 2018.1869, 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)