701. Fragmentary ?dedication
- Description:
- Two fragments of a panel of cream marble (w: 0.42 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.036 and w: 0.26 x h: 0.155 x d: 0.035, no edges surviving).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the surviving faces.
- Letters:
- Second to third century capitals: 0.065.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Theatre.
- 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
[·· ? ··
F]la[ui
·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· Ca]pito statuas I[III ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] [a]diect(is) ampl(ius) d[e suo ·· ? ··]
[---]
b
[·· ? ·· Ca]pito statuas I[III ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] [a]diect(is) ampl(ius) d[e suo ·· ? ··]
[---]
a
[·· ? ····]LA[····· ? ··]
[·· ? ·····]PITOSTATVASI[······ ? ··]
[·· ? ··][··]DIECTAMPLD[········ ? ··]
[---]
b
[·· ? ·····]PITOSTATVASI[······ ? ··]
[·· ? ··][··]DIECTAMPLD[········ ? ··]
[---]
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
F
</supplied>
la
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ui
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ca
</supplied>
pito
statuas
<num
value="4"
>
I
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</num>
III
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
a
</supplied>
diect
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
is
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
ampl
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ius
</ex>
d
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
e
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
suo
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
F
</supplied>
laui
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<num
value="5"
>
V
</num>
ex
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
</abbr>
<g
type="denarius"
>
</g>
</am>
<ex>
</expan>
denariis
</ex>
<num
value="8"
>
VII
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</num>
I
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
/>
Translation:
(a) [·· ? ··]Flavius (case unknown) Capito (nominative ) four statues [·· ? ··] adding further from his own funds [·· ? ··]
(b) [·· ? ··] Flavi[?us·· ? ··] (case unknown)[·· ? ··] from eight thousend sesterces [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment.
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