677. Funerary inscription by C. Calpurnius Trachalus Dosides
- Description:
- Block (w: 0.76 x h: 0.51 x d: 0.21) of grey limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.34), set between plain pilasters.
- Letters:
- Capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.035.
- Date:
- Second to third century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Wadi Lebdah; Probably found on the West bank (Aurigemma 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:
- Aurigemma MS notes; Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Diis
manibus
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
aius
</ex>
Calpurnius
Tracha
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
lus
Dosides
Calpurni
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
is
fratribus
<expan>
<abbr>
carissim
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
is
</ex>
<lb
n="5"
/>
Zenae
et
Aristoni
et
V
<lb
n="6"
type="worddiv"
/>
<unclear
reason=""
>
i
</unclear>
bi
monumentum
et
<lb
n="7"
/>
sepulchrum
fecit
Translation:
To the gods below. Caius Calpurnius Trachalus Dosides had the monument and tomb made for his beloved brothers the Calpurnii Zenas and Aristo and Vibis.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XV.13)
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