784. Fragments from a testamentary inscription.

Description:
Seven fragments of a marble panel. a) w: 0.175 x h: 0.155 x d: 0.03, left-hand edge. b) w: 0.16 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.03, left-hand edge. c) w: 0.16 x h: 0.11 x d: 0.03, no edges surviving. d) w: 0.15 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.03, no edges surviving. e-g) small fragments. 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving faces. 
Letters:
Mannered Rustic capitals: 0.09. 
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (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
[·· ? ·· ex
testa]-
menṭ[o ·· ? ··]
b
quaẹ[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··] ỊỊH E[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]re lo[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··] CO [·· ? ··]
f
[·· ? ··] SV [·· ? ··]
g
[·· ? ··] IT [·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ·····
······]
MEN·[···· ? ··]
b
QVA·[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]··HE[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]RELO[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··]CO[·· ? ··]
f
[·· ? ··]SV[·· ? ··]
g
[·· ? ··]IT[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ex
</supplied>
</ab>
<ab>
<supplied reason="lost" >
testa
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
men
<unclear reason="damage" >
t
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
qua
<unclear reason="damage" >
e
</unclear>
<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" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
II
</unclear>
H
</orig>
<orig >
E
</orig>
<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" />
re
lo
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
CO
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="f" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
SV
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="g" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
IT
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

(a)[·· ? ··] in accordance with the will [·· ? ··]; (b) Which things [·· ? ··]; (c); [·· ? ··] sesterces [·· ? ··]; (d to g) not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVI.10)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVI.10)

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