485. Fragments from ?building inscription
- Description:
- a) Block (w: 1.10 x h: 0.50 x d: 0.46) of grey limestone, much weathered. b1-2-3)Three blocks of limestone: b1) w: 1.01 x h: 0.50 x d: 0.46. b2) w: 0.69 x h: 0.40 x d: 0.17. b3) w: 2.23 x h: 0.52 x d: 0.46.
- Text:
- a) Inscribed on one face, from a monumental inscription. b) Inscribed in letters of approximately the same, unusually large size as a) above.
- Letters:
- First century A.D. lapidary capitals: a) 0.37. b1) 0.35 b2) 0.35. b3) 0.35.
- Date:
- First century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus; a) behind the Temple of Rome and Augustus, West of the Byzantine Wall. Forum Vetus; b) Described as lying between the forum and the sea.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- b) Lost. Not seen.
- Bibliography:
- a) R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923 I(k); P. Romanelli, Leptis Magna (Africae Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, 1), Roma, 1925, 133. b1) R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923 I(i); P. Romanelli, Leptis Magna (Africae Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, 1), Roma, 1925, 133. 2) R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923 I(e); Romanelli, P. Romanelli, Leptis Magna (Africae Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, 1), Roma, 1925, 133. 3) R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923 I(g); P. Romanelli, Leptis Magna (Africae Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, 1), Roma, 1925, 133. 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:
- Previous publications (b) and transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
ab123
ab123
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
po
</supplied>
tes
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
tate
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<div
type="textpart"
n="1"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
po
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="2"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
c
</supplied>
o
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ul
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="3"
>
</div>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Herenn
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
i
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Translation:
a.[·· ? ··] holding the power [·· ? ··]
(b. 1) Not usefully translatable.
(b. 2)[·· ? ··] consul [·· ? ··] (b. 3)Herenni[·· ? ··](case unknown)
Commentary:
No comment.
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