Description:
Five fragments of a marble panel. 
Text:
Inscribed. a) w: 0.21 x h: 0.14, no edges surviving. b) w: 0.32 x h: 0.16, no edges surviving. c) w: 0.24 x h: 0.14, no edges surviving. d) w: 0.24 x h: 0.16, no edges surviving. e) w: 0.22 x h: 0.15. no edges surviving.  
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals. a)0.055. b)0.065. c)0.06. d)l. 2, 0.065; l. 3, 0.06. e)0.06. 
Date:
Fourth 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) 
a
[·· ? ·· a]tque ENIDI [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] ciues pari[ter ·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]NOM[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· pari]ter et in patr[iam ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ENO[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]um gradi[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ẠṚEMẠ[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]M[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] exempli [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]us uiro [·· ? ··]
e
[---]
2 [·· ? ·· be]nemer[ent ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ERIAM[·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ····]TQVEENIDI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]CIVESPARI[······ ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]NOM[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·······]TERETINPATR[······ ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ENO[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]VMGRADI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]··EM·[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]M[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]EXEMPLI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VSVIRO[·· ? ··]
e
[---]
2[·· ? ·····]NEMER[······ ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ERIAM[·· ? ··]
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<ab>
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<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
tque
<orig >
enidi
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ciues
pari
<supplied reason="lost" >
ter
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
nom
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
pari
</supplied>
ter
et
in
patr
<supplied reason="lost" >
iam
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
eno
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
um
gradi
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
em
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
M
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
exempli
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
us
uiro
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
be
</supplied>
nemer
<supplied reason="lost" >
ent
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
eriam
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a. [·· ? ··] and [·· ? ··] the citizens equally [·· ? ··]

b. [·· ? ··] equally, and to his country [·· ? ··]

c. [·· ? ··] ? steps [·· ? ··]

d. [·· ? ··] of an example [·· ? ··] to a man [·· ? ··]

e. [·· ? ··] well-deserving (case unknown)[·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 898 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 898 Leica)

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