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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0109. Funerary inscription for Ulpianus

Description: The upper left-hand part of a panel (w: 0.45 x h: 0.42 x d: 0.012) of white marble, heavily mottled with grey.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Third century CE capitals: 0.04-0.05.

Date: Third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio I, from the South Forum Temple.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Sabratha Museum.

Interpretive

Ulpiano U[---]
sagitt(ario) naṭị[(one) ---]
-nus ann(os) p(lus) m(inus) [---]
directo anni[---]
5 [c. 6 cu]r(ante) F̣l(auio) P[---]

Diplomatic

ULPIANOU[---]
SAGITTNA..[---]
NUSANNPM[---]
DIRECTOANNI[---]
5[······..]R.LP[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To Ulpianus V[---], archer of the (scil. native) tribe [---; he lived] approximately [---] years [---] straight ? of a year [---]; Flavius P[---] arranged (scil. the burial).

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 109, whence IRT, 2009, 109, whence EDH 059096; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 221)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXXVIII.35)