800a. Greek mason's marks
- Description:
- Mason's marks on white Pentelic marble lotus-and-acanthus capitals of the North West portico.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the under surfaces of the capitals.
- Letters:
- 0.05-0.09.
- Date:
- No indication
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Colonnaded Street, North West portico. e. and f. found in 1951.
- 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)
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
>
</ab>
πολυζη
</orig>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
>
</ab>
π
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ρ
</supplied>
ω
</orig>
<div
type="textpart"
n="c"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
>
</ab>
σωτ
</orig>
<div
type="textpart"
n="d"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
>
</ab>
χαρμου
</orig>
<div
type="textpart"
n="e"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
>
επα
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart"
n="f"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
>
π
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ρ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
(a) Polyze(?)
(b) Pro( ?)
(c) Sot( ?)
(d) Charmou( ?)
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XII.39)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.V.9)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XIV.19)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XVI.7)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XIV.33)
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