WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1134. Funerary inscription

Description: Limestone stele broken above w: 0.34 x h: 0.46 x d: 0.11
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: 0.05-0.058; ligatured IL in line 2

Date: First quarter of the third century (context)

Findspot: Wadi Zemzem: Gheriat el-Garbia, re-used in a house in the Berber village: found in 2009.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Excavation depot; inventory 09/10

Interpretive

[D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum)]
Gaius
mil(es) leg(ionis) III
Aug(ustae) P(iae) U(indicis) uixit
ann(nis) XXXI

Diplomatic

[...]
GAIUS
MILLEGIII
AUGPUUIXIT
ANNXXXI

1: [ . . ]/ Gaius Mackensen, 2010; [Ro]/gatus AE

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

[Sacred to the gods below]: Gaius, soldier of the Third Legion Augusta Pia Vindex, lived 31 years.

Bibliography: Mackensen, 2010 381-383, whence AE 2010.1785, Mackensen, 2012 58, note 1, whence EDCS 59600075; Mackensen, 2021 09/10, p.127 and plate 1.

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Mackensen, 2010)

   Fig. 2. Drawing (Mackensen, n.d.)