702. Fragments

Description:
Four fragments from a panel of cream marble, possibly but not certainly belonging to 701. a) w: 0.13 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.03, no edges. b) w: 0.055 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.03, no edges. c) w: 0.325 x h: 0.17 x d: 0.03, no edges. d) no edges. 
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
[·· ? ··]RI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]MP[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]〚··〛[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]EN[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··] et [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] ḅẹḷḷụm [·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]Ọ[·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··]RI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]MP[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]〚··〛[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]EN[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]ET[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]·····M[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]·[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ri
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
mp
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<del>
<gap reason="illegible" extent="2" unit="character" />
</del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
en
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
et
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
bellu
</unclear>
m
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
o
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

Not usefully translatable, except for c. l. 2 [·· ? ··] war [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 290 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 290 Lastre)

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