Description:
Fragment from the upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.34 x h: 0.30). Re-used subsequently for 51.  
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Second century lapidary capitals: 0.10.  
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering). 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Not previously published. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
[Imp(eratori) Cae]sari [·· ? ··]
[·· c. 6··]ṛṃ [·· ? ··]
[········]SARI[·· ? ··]
[·· c. 6··]··[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Cae
</supplied>
sari
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
rm
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

1, The next word begins with an upright stroke.

2, Probably Germ(anico) or Sarm(atico).

Translation:

To [Emperor] Caesar [·· ? ··]; (in l.2 perhaps) [victor in] Germany (or in Sarmatia)

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.3)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.3)

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