Description: Tall, narrow, moulded base
(w:
0.36 x h:
1.38 x d:
0.33)
Of grey-brown limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face
(die, w:
0.34 x h:
0.97).
Letters: Rustic capitals: I.1, 0.065; remainder, 0.035- 0.04.
Date: Second century CE (lettering, prosopography)
Findspot:
Al Khums:
Central Barracks; found with capitals and other architectural elements in 1942.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To Mercury and Minerva, Tullus, the priest, paid his vow from the money which he received from Boccius Copo, in lieu of taking action on account of the injuries (scil. inflicted on him), following the decree of the proconsul Marcellus who had judged that Boccius had made a false charge (scil. against Tullus).
French translation
Translation source: Lemosse, 1953
Exécution d'un voeu à Mercure et à Minerve par le prêtre Tullus a l'aide d'une somme d'argent reçue d'un certain Boccius Copo afin de ne pas intenter contre celui-ci l'action d'injures en vertu d'un décret du proconsul Marcellus qui avait reconnu ce Boccius comme calomniateur
Commentary
Marcellus: PIR M 0190 https://pir.bbaw.de/id/8841
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 304, whence IRT, 2009, 304, whence Thomasson, 1996 64b, EDH 030766; discussed Lemosse, 1953 , whence AE 1954.215; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXXV.17)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXXV.18)
Fig. 3. Face: Tantillo (2004)