274. Fragments

Description:
Five fragments of a marble panel (the largest (a) w: 0.45 x h: 0.46; (a) and (e) from the lower edge, the remainder no edges surviving). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Capitals. Probably third century A.D.: 0.06-0.07. 
Date:
Probably third century A.D. (lettering)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Found in the Forum Vetus, between the Temples of Rome and Augustus and of Liber Pater. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum. 
Bibliography:
Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli), 21.1.34 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
[·· ? ··]ṚOP[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]de frat[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]o Pausania[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] Valeriu [·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ··diis] [infe]riorib(us) et superiorib(us) [·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]C̣IR[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] Vibia[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· P]ausania[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]ANO[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]VA[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··]AMṂ[·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··]·OP[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]DEFRAT[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]OPAVSANIA[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VALERIV[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ·······][·····]RIORIBETSVPERIORIB[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]·IR[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VIBIA[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ····]AVSANIA[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]ANO[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]VA[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··]AM·[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
op
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
de
frat
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
o
Pausania
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
Valeriu
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
diis
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
infe
</supplied>
riorib
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
et
<expan>
<abbr>
superiorib
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<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 >
<unclear reason="" >
c
</unclear>
ir
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
Vibia
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
P
</supplied>
ausania
<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" />
<orig >
ano
</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 >
ua
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
am
<unclear reason="" >
m
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a.[·· ? ··] ? concerning ?his brother [·· ? ··] Pausanias (nominative or ablative) [·· ? ··] Valerius (nominative or accusative)[·· ? ··] to the gods below and those above [·· ? ··]

b. [·· ? ··] Vibia [·· ? ··] Pausanias [·· ? ··] (cases not known)

(c.-e.) Not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.X.30)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.X.30)

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