Description:
Fragment of a panel (w: 0.40 x h: 0.51, lower edge only survives) of grey marble. 
Text:
Inscribed within a narrow border. 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: ll. 1-2, 0.07; ll. 3-5, 0.06. 
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus (Rel. Scav. 17.12.33) 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.  
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) 
[·· ? ··]ns[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]s prop[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· testament]o suo legauit [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· ampliu]s adiectis II [·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ··]idas cuṛ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]NS[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]SPROP[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ············]OSVOLEGAVIT[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·········]SADIECTISII[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··]IDASCV·[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ns
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
s
prop
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
testament
</supplied>
o
suo
legauit
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ampliu
</supplied>
s
adiectis
<num >
II
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
idas
cu
<unclear reason="damage" >
r
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] (l.3) he/she bequeathed in his/her will [·· ? ··] adding further II [·· ? ··] ? took care [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.X.27)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.X.27)

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