Description:
Block (w: 0.67 x h: 0.50 x d: 0.50) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
First century lapidary capital: from top of block, l. 1, 0.04-0.11; l. 2, 0.145-0.29; l. 3, 0.35-0.45; to bottom, 0.50. 
Date:
A.D. 71-79 (reign, lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, near the Baptistry. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
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) 
[·· ? ··]tanii
[·· ? ··] Aug(usto) pon[t(ifici) max(imo) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]o Aug(usti) f[il(io) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]TANII
[·· ? ··]AVGPON[·············· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]OAVGF[········ ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
tanii
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pon
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
o
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
<supplied reason="lost" >
il
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
io
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

3, From the material and style of lettering, probably Vespasian and Titus.

Translation:

[·· ? ··] the Lepcitanians [?gave·· ? ··] to [·· ? ··] Augustus, chief priest [·· ? ··and] to [·· ? ··] son of Augustus [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 758)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 758)

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