Description:
Part of a white marble sarcophagus lid (w: 0.41 x h: 0.22 x d: 0.05), width incomplete. With a winged genius (L) upholding an inscribed panel . A second fragment portrays the legs of the second supporting figure. 
Text:
Inscribed (h: 0.10). 
Letters:
Third century A.D. capitals 0.015-0.018. 
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Findspot unrecorded 
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) 
Aur(elius) Flacianus P̣[·· ? ··]
sacerdotalis scola[·· ? ··]
felix et cum uiuere[t ·· ? ··]
moreretur fuit fiḷ [·· ? ··]
5uixit annis L
AVRFLACIANVS·[·· ? ··]
SACERDOTALISSCOLA[·· ? ··]
FELIXETCVMVIVERE[···· ? ··]
MORERETVRFVITFI·[·· ? ··]
5VIXITANNISL
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aur
</abbr>
<ex>
elius
</ex>
</expan>
Flacianus
<unclear reason="" >
P
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
sacerdotalis
scola
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
felix
et
cum
uiuere
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
moreretur
fuit
fi
<unclear reason="" >
l
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
uixit
annis
<num value="50" >
L
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

Aurelius Flacianus [·· ? ··] priestly ? school [·· ? ··], fortunate both when he lived [?and when] he died. He was ? son [of·· ? ··]; he lived 50 years.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.14)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.14)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 828 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 828 Leica)

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