Description: Two fragments, both probably from the same block, and both from the reverse face of a fluted pilaster
of Phrygian marble (pavonazzetto). i: w:
0.38 x h:
0.15 x d:
0.025, ii: w:
0.33 x h:
0.23 x d:
0.025
Text: Roughly incised on undressed surface.
Letters: d) 0.035-0.045. e) 0.08-0.10 and 0.04-0.055. f) 0.035-0.05. g) 0.03. h) 0.03. j) 0.05. k) 0.04.
Date: CE 213 (reign)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio II,
Hadrianic Baths.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
(i): [---] under the care [---] under the care of Hesperius [---] (ii) [---] (scil. of) a freedman and procurator [---] procurator (case unknown) from [---]
Bibliography: Bartoccini, 1929, 95 ; IRT, 1952, 794, whence IRT, 2009, 794, whence EDH 067690; see also Ward-Perkins, 1951 89-90; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
