668. Funerary inscription of Atilia Marith

Description:: Marble tomb-relief (w: 0.72 x h: 0.84 x d: 0.28); between two pilasters, half-length figures of a man and woman in high relief; below, a rectangular projection which is inscribed within a tabella ansata.
Text:: Inscribed within a tabella ansata (die, w: 0.37 x h: 0.27). The last line is cut below the die.
Letters:: Irregular capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.045-0.03.
Date:: Second to third century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:: Lepcis Magna: Wadi Lebdah
Original Location:: Unknown
Last recorded location:: Lepcis Museum.
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)

Diis manibus Ati-
lia Marith ui-
xit annor(um) XXX m(ensium) III
dier(um) XXV Atilius Corinthu[s]
5 [A]urellianus fecit uxori su-
ae sanctissimae et fideliss[i]-
mae

DIISMANIBVSATI
LIAMARITHVI
XITANNORXXXMIII
DIERXXVATILIVSCORINTHV[··]
5[··]VRELLIANVSFECITVXORISV
AESANCTISSIMAEETFIDELISS[··]
MAE

<ab>

Diis

manibus

Ati

lia

Marith

xit

<expan>

<abbr>

annor

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

XXX

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ensium

</ex>

</expan>

III

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

dier

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

XXV

</num>

Atilius

Corinthu

</supplied>

</supplied>

urellianus

fecit

uxori

sanctissimae

fideliss

</supplied>

mae

</ab>

Translation:

To the gods below. Atilia Marith lived for thirty years, three months and twenty-five days. Atilius Corinthus Aurellianus had (this) made for his most moral and faithful wife.