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754. Funerary inscriptions

Description:: Series of small coffin-shaped cinerary urns, of grey and grey-brown limestone.
Text:: Inscribed in rough capitals.
Letters:: 1) On the body: 0.05. 2)On the body, a fragment only: 0.055. 3) On the body: 0.03-0.04. 4)On the two faces of the lid: 0.05. 5) On the body: l.1, 0.035; l.2, 0.04; l.3, 0.045. 6) On the body: 0.07. 7) On the body: 0.05. 8) On the body: 0.055. 9) On the body. 10) On the lid: 0.10. 11) On the lid: 0.05 12) On the body: 0.035 13) On the lid: 0.05 14) On the lid: 0.04. 15) On the body: 0.05. 16) On the body: 0.035-0.04. 17) On the body: 0.06. 18) On the body. 19) On the body (not earlier than third century A.D.): 0.045 20) On the body (not earlier than third century A.D.): 0.08. 21) On the lid: 0.035. 22) On the body: 0.04. 23) On the lid: 0.03. 24) On the body: 0.07. 25) On a fragment: 0.05-0.06. 26) On the body (not earlier than third century A.D.): 0.04.
Date:: 19, 20, 26: Not earlier than third century A.D. (lettering); others unknown.
Findspot:: Lepcis Magna: 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 15-19, 21, 23-26: findspots unrecorded. 1) Found in the Forum Vetus; 2) Found Cisterns near Wadi Lebda; 5) Found in the Forum Vetus behind the Church; 6) From the Forum Severianum; 8) Found in the Forum Vetus; 9) Found in the Forum Severianum; 10) Found in the Forum Vetus; 11) Found in the Port area (Bartoccini MS notes); 14) Found in the Port area; 20) In the Portico behind the Theatre (Temple of Di Augusti); 22) Found in the Street running North East from the North angle of the Market.
Original Location:: Unknown
Last recorded location:: 1-8, 10-17, 19, 21, 23-26: Now in Lepcis Museum. 9) Present location not known. Not seen. 18) Present location unknown. Known only from a photograph, Sopr. CLM 743. 20) In the Portico behind the Theatre (Temple of Di Augusti). 22) Found in the Street running North East from the North angle of the Market.
Bibliography:: 1) Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 24.12.30 5) Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 25.11.34 6) Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 24.2.35 8) Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 4.1.31 9) Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 3.2.35 10) Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 4.1.31 22) Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 13.7.30 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)

Ammonis

Anno[·· ? ··]

Ano[·· ? ··]

A[·· ? ··]
Amo

Aquili
Aquiliani
Tyra

Arisu

Arrisut

Balbilla

Capito
Cesalo

Ceria

C Copria

Demẹ[tri]ạ

Dicar

Hedone

Imilcho[·· ? ··]
Ra[··]th

Momi

Orfiti Min

Mythunibal

Petic̣ii Pẹfus

Salviane
f(ilius)

Septimia Marcilla

P(ubli) Ṣeverosi

Zabda

[·]ạicila
Bal

[·· ? ··]obal[·· ? ··]

[·· ? ··]RSẸF̣BAC

AMMONIS

ANNO[·· ? ··]

ANO[·· ? ··]

A[·· ? ··]
AMO

AQVILI
AQVILIANI
TYRA

ARISV

ARRISVT

BALBILLA

CAPITO
CESALO

CERIA

CCOPRIA

DEM·[····]·

DICAR

HEDONE

IMILCHO[·· ? ··]
RA[··]TH

MOMI

ORFITIMIN

MYTHVNIBAL

PETI·IIP·FVS

SALVIANE
F

SEPTIMIAMARCILLA

P·EVEROSI

ZABDA

[·]·ICILA
BAL

[·· ? ··]OBAL[·· ? ··]

[·· ? ··]RS··BAC

<ab>

Ammonis

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Anno

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Ano

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Amo

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Aquili

Aquiliani

Tyra

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Arisu

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Arrisut

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Balbilla

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Capito

Cesalo

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Ceria

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<orig >

</orig>

Copria

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Dem

</unclear>

tri

</supplied>

</unclear>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Dicar

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Hedone

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Imilcho

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Momi

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Orfiti

Min

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Mythunibal

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Peti

</unclear>

</unclear>

fus

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Salviane

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ilius

</ex>

</expan>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Septimia

Marcilla

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ubli

</ex>

</expan>

</unclear>

everosi

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Zabda

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</unclear>

icila

Bal

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

obal

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<orig >

</unclear>

bac

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

5.1, There was possibly another letter at the beginning of l. 1

5.2, See also 666.

19.1, Or Petilii. C and L have been cut, one above the other.

Translation:

(1) Of Ammon ; (2) Anno[·· ? ··] ; (3) Ano[·· ? ··] ; (4) A[·· ? ··]amo (?misread for Anno) ; (5) Of Aquilius Aquilianus ? from Tyre (or Tyra set this up) ; (6) Arisu ; (7) Arrisut ; (8) Balbilla ; (9) Capito Cesalo ; (10) Ceria ; (11) C(?) Copria ; (12) Demetria ; (13) Dicar ; (14) Hedone ; (15) Imilcho [·· ? ··] Ra[·· ? ··]th ; (16) Momus ; (17) Of Orfitus, Min[·· ? ··] ; (18) Mythunibal ; (19) Of Peticius, Pefus ; (20) Salviane ? Daughter ; (21) Septimia Marcilla ; (22) Of Publius Severosus ; (23) Zabda ; (24) [·· ? ··]aicila ? (?daughter of) Bal(?) ; (25) [·· ? ··]obal[·· ? ··] ; (26) Not usefully translateable.