Description:
Fragment of a small marble entablature (surviving width, w: 0.90 x h: 0.42 x d: 0.52), slightly concave.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Second century lapidary capitals: 0.45.  
Date:
Second century (lettering) 
Findspot:
Oea: The arch of Marcus Aurelius. Found in Tripoli among the debris accumulated within the arch. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle 
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) 
[·· ? ··]ns Aristonis c[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]NSARISTONISC[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ns
Aristonis
c
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] son of Aristo[·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Possibly c[·· ? ··] is for "took charge of".

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 674 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 674 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. A. 160)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. A. 160)

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