547. Fragments

Description:
Fragments from a marble panel (the largest of them, w: 0.25 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.02), six of which contain legible letters.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.09. a) Two fragments, no borders. b) Two fragments, no borders c) No borders. d) No borders. 
Date:
Second to third century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre.  
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) 
a
[·· ? ··]ỊỊ proco(n-)s(ul-)[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··] sp[lendidissi]mi ord[inis ·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ·· Lep]cit[ani publice ·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]st[·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··]··PROCOS[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]SP[···········]MIORD[······· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ······]CIT[·············· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]ST[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
II
</unclear>
</orig>
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ul
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
sp
<supplied reason="lost" >
lendidissi
</supplied>
mi
ord
<supplied reason="lost" >
inis
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Lep
</supplied>
cit
<supplied reason="lost" >
ani
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
publice
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
st
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a.[·· ? ··consul] (at least) twice, proconsul [·· ? ··] (case unknown)

b.[·· ? ··]of the most splendid town council [·· ? ··]

c. [·· ? ··] the Lepcitanians [publicly·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVI.16)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVI.16)

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