625. Fragment

Description:
Two blocks of grey limestone, probably from the same inscription: a) w: 0.97 x h: 0.47 x d: 0.51, the upper surface of block 3 of 346, for which it was re-used. b) w: 0.62 x h: 0.28 x d: 0.35, broken at sides and bottom. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: from top of block, w: 0.20 x h: 0.34; to bottom of block, 0.47. 
Date:
First to second century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V. a) found in the street between ins. 4-5 and ins 6. b) found in the street between ins. 4-5 and ins 6, near 346. 
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
[·· ? ··] [C]n(ae-) Calpurn[i·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··] ex p(ecunia) p(ublica) Ọ[·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··][··]NCALPVRN[···· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]EXPP·[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
C
</supplied>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ae
</ex>
</expan>
Calpurn
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<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" />
ex
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ecunia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ublica
</ex>
</expan>
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
o
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] Cnaeus Calpurnius (case unknown but presented as genitive) [·· ? ··] from public money [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XI.18)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XI.18)

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