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310. Fragmentary dedication to Sarapis

Description:: Marble base (w: 0.31 x h: 0.315 x d: 0.045) in the form of a low table, bevelled below, with a circular, grooved recess in the centre of the upper face; inscribed consecutively on the front and on the right- hand edge, and separately on the left-hand edge.
Text:: Inscribed on the surviving faces.
Letters:: Lettering 0.013:
Date:: Unknown
Findspot:: Lepcis Magna: Findspot unrecorded
Original Location:: Unknown
Last recorded location:: Findspot
Bibliography:: L. Robert, Rev. Et. Gr., LXVI (1953) 203-4. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952; including revisions from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147
Text constituted from:: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)

( On front edge, continued on to the right-hand edge: )

Διὶ μεγάλῳ Σαράπιδι Π(όπλιος) Σέρ(ουιος) Η[---]οχοος

(On front bevel:)

ἀπὸ κοινωνίας εὐχὴν ἀ(νέθηκε) κ(αὶ) ἀποδω

(On left-hand edge )

τύχους σὺν λύχνοις δυσί

( On front edge, continued on to the right-hand edge: )

ΔΙΙΜΕΓΑΛΩΣΑΡΑΠΙΔΙΠΣΕΡΗ[---]ΟΧΟΟΣ

(On front bevel:)

ΑΠΟΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣΕΥΧΗΝΑΚΑΠΟΔΩ

(On left-hand edge )

ΤΥΧΟΥΣΣΥΝΛΥΧΝΟΙΣΔΥΣΙ

<note>

On front edge, continued on to the right-hand edge:

</note>

<ab>

Διὶ

μεγάλῳ

Σαράπιδι

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

όπλιος

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Σέρ

</abbr>

<ex>

ουιος

</ex>

</expan>

<orig >

</orig>

οχοος

</ab>

</div>

<note>

On front bevel:

</note>

<ab>

ἀπὸ

κοινωνίας

εὐχὴν

<expan>

<abbr>

ἀ

</abbr>

<ex>

νέθηκε

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

αὶ

</ex>

</expan>

ἀποδω

</ab>

</div>

<note>

On left-hand edge

</note>

<ab>

τύχους

σὺν

λύχνοις

δυσί

</ab>

</div>

a.1, ΣΕΡΗ might be taken together giving, e.g., Σερή[νιος χρυσ]οχόος, Robert. There is in fact a stop after ΣΕΡ so that H must be the first letter of the cognomen. The number of letters (4 or 5) given (in 1952) as missing between H and ΟΧΟΟΣ was calculated without allowing for the possibility of ligatures, which are fairly freely used in this inscription: it could in fact be 7 or 8. Even so the cognomen must have been a short one, if space must be allowed for ΧΡΥΣ as well.

a.2, ἀποδω: Perhaps for ἀπέδωκεν or ἀποδίδωσι.

b.1, [τοὺς (or τὰς) διπ (or τριπ)] τύχους, Robert. The stone is chipped before ΤΥΧΟΥΣ. It would be just possible to fit in two letters here - perhaps, but with difficulty, three; but not more. There is no room for another line.