WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0806. Mason's marks

Description: Columns of Egyptian granite, red
Text: Inscribed on the under surface. f) Inscribed on the drum, just above the foot
Letters: 0.12.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum: Severan Basilica. Texts b-f were recorded in 1951
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
ΡΟ
b
Π
c
Μ
d
ΜΑΡ
e
ΜΕΝ
f
ΒΛ

Diplomatic

a
ΡΟ
b
Π
c
Μ
d
ΜΑΡ
e
ΜΕΝ
f
ΒΛ

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

(a) Ro( ?)

(b) P( ?)

(c) M( ?)

(d) Mar( ?)

(e) Men( ?)

(f) Bl( ?)

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 806, whence PHI 189644, 189645, 189646, 189647, 189648, 189649 , IRT, 2009, 806, whence EDH 059656; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. a: Ward-Perkins, 1951 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 51.XI.33)

   Fig. 2. b: Ward-Perkins, 1951 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 51.XI.28)

   Fig. 3. d: Ward-Perkins, 1951 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 51.I.6)

   Fig. 4. f: Ward-Perkins, 1951 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 51.XI.8)