753. Funerary inscription

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.57 x h: 0.49 x d: 0.57) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Irregular capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.045.  
Date:
Second to third century A.D. (lettering)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Port Area ( ? Homs) 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Villa Grazioli Lante, Via Salaria 245, Rome.  
Bibliography:
R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923, 2; P. Romanelli, Leptis Magna (Africae Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, 1), Roma, 1925, 65. 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) 
M(arcus) Vlpius Baḷsilus
Cerialis Macari
bon(a)e memoriae ui-
ri (sic)
MVLPIVSBA·SILVS
CERIALISMACARI
BONEMEMORIAEVI
RI(sic)
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arcus
</ex>
</expan>
Vlpius
Ba
<unclear reason="undefined" >
l
</unclear>
silus
<lb n="2" />
Cerialis
Macari
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
bon
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
</expan>
memoriae
ui
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
ri
<note>
sic
</note>
</ab>

Translation:

Marcus Ulpius Balsilus (erected the tomb) of Cerealis Macar, a man of good memory.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:
none.

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