Description: Fragment of a marble
pilaster , re-used.
Text: Inscribed on the reverse face (w:
0.37 x h:
0.21 x d:
0.05, lower edge).
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals . 0.045.
Date: Second half of the fourth century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
(B): [---] ?of a great [---] ? to (or by) ?companions [---]
Commentary
The fragments recognised and assembled by Bigi and Tantillo.
Bibliography: B: IRT, 1952, 811, whence IRT, 2009, 811; A and B, Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 78, whence EDH (Bigi, 2014) 059661; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. A: Tantillo, 2005 (DSCN1702)
Fig. 2. B: Tantillo, 2005 (DSCN1691)
Fig. 3. Reverse face: Tantillo, 2005 (DSCN1693)
Fig. 4. From left: Above, IRT 573 a and b; Below: IRT 811.b, IRT 789: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.34)