672. Funerary inscription for L. Caecilius Barichio

Description:
Block (w: 0.50 x h: 0.55 x d: 0.34) of friable grey-brown limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a round-headed panel (die, w: 0.38 x h: 0.35). The panel conforms to the shape of the block, which is rounded above, with acroteria.  
Letters:
Rather irregular capitals: 0.045. 
Date:
First to third century A.D. (nomenclature)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Mausolea East of the city, (Bartoccini MS notes). Formerly in Homs Museum. 
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:
Bartoccini MS notes; Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
D(is) m(anibus) s(acrum)
L(uci) Caecili Bar-
ichionis
uix(it) an(n)is XXX
5Ianuarius
fratri po(suit)
DMS
LCAECILIBAR
ICHIONIS
VIXANISXXX
5IANVARIVS
FRATRIPO
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
anibus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
acrum
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
Caecili
Bar
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
ichionis
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
uix
</abbr>
<ex>
it
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
is
</abbr>
</expan>
<num value="30" >
XXX
</num>
<lb n="5" />
Ianuarius
<lb n="6" />
fratri
<expan>
<abbr>
po
</abbr>
<ex>
suit
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

Sacred to the gods below of Lucius Caecilius Barichio. He lived thirty years. Ianuarius set (this) up to his brother.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR

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