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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1217. Building inscription

Description: Left side fragment of a limestone panel w: 0.23-0.27 x h: 0.36.
Text: Inscribed within a moulded frame
Letters: 0.035-0.04

Date: First-fourth centuries CE

Findspot: Wadi Tareglet: Wadi Beni Musa, near one of the Gsur Beni Musa
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

PẠLṂAṂ
E ((stop)) LUA ((stop))
castrụṃ
mu ṭa-
5fel Bi
ṛich

Diplomatic

P.L.A.
E LUA
CASTR..
MU.A
5FELBI
.ICH

English translation

Translation source: Kerr, 2010

. . . ] castrum which made Birich

Bibliography: Brogan-Reynolds, 1964 3, whence Elmayer, 1997, 68, Kerr, 2010, 217 (where see bibliography)

Images

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