246. Dedication by Aurellius son of Epagrus
- Description:
- Fragment from the upper right-hand corner of a rectangular base (w: 0.50 x h: 0.47 x d: 0.50) of limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face, within a moulded panel, is Latin and Neo- Punic (Neo- Punic 7. The text is fragmentary, and reads: Abdmel[qart ...]). Uniform with 229.
- Letters:
- Lapidary capitals: 0.035.
- Date:
- Unknown
- Findspot:
- Oea: The Lighthouse Fort, Tripoli. Found in 1915 during the demolition of the fort.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Tripoli Castle.
- Bibliography:
- Notiziario archeologico del Ministero delle Colonie, 4 fascicules, Roma, 1915-1927, II:39l ff., fig 8; R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923, 4. 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"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Aurellius
</supplied>
Epagri
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ilius
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
e
</ex>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ua
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ecunia
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
edit
</ex>
2, See 229.
Translation:
[·· ? ·· Aurellius, son] of Epagrus, gave (this) [from his own] finances.
Commentary:
The dedicator also in 229
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