350. Fragment

Description:
Four blocks of grey limestone (each approx. 0.53 high) probably from the same monumental inscription. a) On the North face of the East tower: b) On the West face of the East tower: c) On the South face of the wall West of the gate: d) On the top of the East tower: 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving faces. 
Letters:
Capitals: l. 1 ( erased ) approx., 0.19; l. 2. 0.15-0.16. 
Date:
A.D. 81-96 (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Built into the Byzantine Gate. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Built into the Byzantine Gate. 
Bibliography:
Bartoccini, Rivista della Tripolitania (Rivista a cura dell'Ufficio di Colonizzazione del Governo della Tripolitania), 2 vols., Roma, 1924-5; a third vol., under the title Libya, published for the Ministero delle Colonie, was issued in 1927 II:70, a) and b) only; Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VIII:22677, c) only. 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
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]ceps mu[·· ? ··]
b
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]ạe sua[e ·· ? ··]
c
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]us Q(uinti) f(ilius) Qu[ir(ina tribu) ·· ? ··]
d
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]STV[·· ? ··]
a
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]CEPSMV[·· ? ··]
b
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]·ESVA[···· ? ··]
c
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]VSQFQV[··············· ? ··]
d
〚[---]〛
[·· ? ··]STV[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</del>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ceps
mu
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</del>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
e
sua
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</del>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
us
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Qu
<supplied reason="lost" >
ir
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
ina tribu
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</del>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
stu
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

a.1, Probably Domitian - the material and lettering suggest a first century date.

Translation:

(a),b´and d are not usefully translatable

c.(erased)[·· ? ··]us, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Quirina [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:
none.

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