680. Funerary inscription for L. Cl. Perpetuus Probatus
- Description:
- Rectangular base (w: 0.55 x h: 0.92 x d: 0.60) of coarse grey limestone, with moulded panels on 3 sides.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.69).
- Letters:
- Irregular capitals: 0.065.
- Date:
- First to third century A.D. (nomenclature)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Mausolea East of the city (Bartoccini MS notes).
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Lepcis Museum.
- Bibliography:
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VIII:18, and p. 2289. 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
is
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
anibus
</ex>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uci
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Cl
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
audii
</ex>
<lb
n="3"
/>
Perpe
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
tui
Pro
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
bati
<lb
n="6"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
uix
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
it
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
ann
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
os
</ex>
<lb
n="7"
/>
<num
value="20"
>
XX
</num>
Translation:
To the gods below of Lucius Claudius Perpetuus Probatus. He lived for twenty years.
Commentary:
No comment.
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