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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1220. Funerary inscription

Description: ? No description .
Text: Inscribed on the face, which is damaged at the centre.
Letters: No description

Date: Mid-second century CE (context)

Findspot: Bani Walid area, Wādī Ghalbūn
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Bani Walid Museum (2008).

Interpretive

mynꞩyfth ys fe[l...] ASI[...]AN
labunom N[...]N byn Iliv-
at Syhar L[...]EM Blande
uyRufe uyIu[ste?...] MRGE uy-
5Maxime uy[...]e procura-
tor YCYBU[...]NOM [...]
[...] byth M[...]ath uyby-
ny Anno YSSI[... u]ybinim
CAIULINEUA [... procur?]atores

Diplomatic

MYNꞨYFTHYSFE[.···]ASI[···]AN
LABUNOMN[···]NBYNILIV
ATSYHARL[···]EMBLANDE
UYRUFEUYIU[...···]MRGEUY
5MAXIMEUY[···]EPROCURA
TORYCYBU[···]NOM[···]
[···]BYTHM[···]ATHUYBY
NYANNOYSSI[···.]YBINIM
CAIULINEUA[···......]ATORES

English translation

Translation source: Kerr, 2010

Mausoleum, which ma[de . . . ] for their father [ . . . ] the son of Iliuat Syhar [ . . . ] Blandus (?) and Rufus and Iu[stus . . . ] and Maximus and [ . . .-]us procurator [ . . .] their (?) Thelebenthi(?), daughter of M[ . .]ath and the builder was Ano[ . . .a]nd his son [ . . . procur]atores(?)

Bibliography: Kerr, 2010, 219

Images

   Fig. 1. Monument: Kenrick, 2008