525. Fragment of testamentary ?honours

Description:
The right part of a marble panel (w: 0.43 x h: 0.28 x d: 0.05). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.04. 
Date:
Second to early third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, beside the Curia. 
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) 
[·· 4··] Asclae ex testamento
[·· ? ··]riae Sextillae matris
[·· ? ··]-ius Crispus c(larissimus) i(uuenis) patruo ra-
[riss]iṃo ex dec(reto) spl(endidissimi) ord(inis) posuit
[·· 4··]ASCLAEEXTESTAMENTO
[·· ? ··]RIAESEXTILLAEMATRIS
[·· ? ··]-IVSCRISPVSCIPATRVORA
[·····]I·OEXDECSPLORDPOSVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
Asclae
ex
testamento
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
riae
Sextillae
matris
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
-ius
Crispus
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
i
</abbr>
<ex>
uuenis
</ex>
</expan>
patruo
ra
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
riss
</supplied>
i
<unclear reason="damage" >
m
</unclear>
o
ex
<expan>
<abbr>
dec
</abbr>
<ex>
reto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
spl
</abbr>
<ex>
endidissimi
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
ord
</abbr>
<ex>
inis
</ex>
</expan>
posuit
</ab>

Translation:

To [·· c. 4 ··] Ascla in accordance with the will of [·· c. 4 ··]ria Sextilla his mother; [·· c. 4 ··]ius Crispus, splendid youth (of senatorial status), to a very rare uncle, in accordance with a decree of the most splendid city council.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIII.6)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIII.6)

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