WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0175. Fragment

Description: Three pieces of a monumental marble panel.a) w: 0.21 x h: 0.11, upper edge. b) w: 0.54 x h: 0.36, right hand edge. c) w: 0.74 x h: 0.24, lower edge. See also 176
Text: Inscribed on the surviving faces.
Letters: Second century, lapidary capitals, 0.13.

Date: Second century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio I, Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
[---] c[---]
b
[---]MỌ[.]
[---ma]rmor--
[---]it et ẹ-
c
[--- e]xstrux[---]

Diplomatic

a
[---]C[---]
b
[---]M.[·]
[---..]RMOR
[---]ITET.
c
[---.]XSTRUX[---]

b.1: Or C, G, or Q.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

b. [---] marble [---]

c. [---]he/she/they constructed [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 175, whence IRT, 2009, 175, whence EDH 059151; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: Above 175a, Unidentified, Unidentified; Below: Unidentified, 30 Unidentified, Unidentified: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXVII.13)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 220)

   Fig. 3. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)

   Fig. 4. 175a: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXVII.13 (part))

   Fig. 5. 175b: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 220 (part))

   Fig. 6. 175c: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 220 (part))