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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1342. Seat inscriptions

Description: Fifteen limestone seats, damaged and worn: w: 8.05 x h: 0.65-0.70 x d: 0.13-0.28
Text: Inscribed on the upper face
Letters: 0.27-0.30; on each seat either a letter or a trident.

Date: Second-third century CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Road from the Circus to the Port, Amphitheatre: south sector of the ima cavea.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Pretoria
PR ( vac. ) RR

Diplomatic

PRETORIA
PR      RR

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Praetorium, or Praetorian

Bibliography: Pellegrino, 2018, 231-234, 1-15, whence EDCS 81300095, AE, 2018.1873.

Images

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