109. Funerary inscription for Ulpianus
- Description:
- The upper left-hand part of a panel (w: 0.45 x h: 0.42 x d: 0.012) of white marble, heavily mottled with grey.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- Third century A.D. capitals: 0.04-0.05.
- Date:
- Third century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: Forum area. From the S Forum Temple
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Sabratha Museum.
- 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Vlpiano
V
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
sagitt
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ario
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
na
<unclear
reason=""
>
</abbr>
ti
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</expan>
<ex>
</supplied>
one
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
nus
<expan>
<abbr>
ann
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
os
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
lus
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
inus
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
directo
anni
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="6"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
cu
</supplied>
r
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ante
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear
reason=""
>
F
</unclear>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
auio
</ex>
P
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Translation:
To Ulpianus V[·· ? ··], archer of the (native) tribe [·· ? ··; he lived] approximately [·· ? ··] years [·· ? ··] straight ? of a year [·· ? ··]; Flavius P[·· ? ··] arranged (the burial).
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
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