Description:
Right-hand side of a block (w: 0.65 x h: 0.46 x d: 0.26) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a roughly incised tabella ansata. 
Letters:
Rough late capitals: 0.09-0.10; uncial E. 
Date:
Unknown  
Findspot:
Oea: The Spanish Fort, Tripoli. Found during demolition. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle  
Bibliography:
Notiziario archeologico del Ministero delle Colonie, 4 fascicules, Roma, 1915-1927, II:328, fig. 16; R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923, 6. 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) 
[·· ? ··] cia Narsis
[·· ? ··]-laris filia
[·· ? ·· uixit plus] m(inus) aṇnos VIII
[·· ? ··] mense(s) ṾỊ
[·· ? ··]CIANARSIS
[·· ? ··]-LARISFILIA
[·· ? ········]MA·NOSVIII
[·· ? ··]MENSE··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
cia
Narsis
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
-laris
filia
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
uixit
plus
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
inus
</ex>
</expan>
a
<unclear reason="" >
n
</unclear>
nos
<num value="8" >
VI
II
</num>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
mense
</abbr>
<ex>
s
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="6" >
<unclear reason="" >
VI
</unclear>
</num>
</ab>

3, VIII.

Translation:

[·· ? ··]cia Narsis, daughter of [·· ? ··]; she lived approximately 8 years, 6 months [? days·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 688 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 688 Leica)

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