Description:
Two fragments of a marble panel (together, approx. w: 0.39 x h: 0.23, no edges surviving). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Second to third century A.D. lapidary capitals: l. 1, 0.065; l. 2, 0.045; l. 3, 0.035. 
Date:
Second to third centuries 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) 
[·· ? ·· mul]tas libera[litates ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] sua pecunia [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]t qu[a]driga[m ·· ? ··]
[---]
[·· ? ······]TASLIBERA[·········· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]SVAPECVNIA[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]TQV[··]DRIGA[···· ? ··]
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
mul
</supplied>
tas
libera
<supplied reason="lost" >
litates
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
sua
pecunia
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
t
qu
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
driga
<supplied reason="lost" >
m
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

2, The letter before S appears to be C, G or O.

Translation:

[·· ? ··] many liberalities [·· ? ··] at his own expense [·· ? ··] a four-horse chariot [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 218 (part))
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 218 (part))
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 785 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 785 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)

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