801. Greek mason's marks

Description:
White marble (Pentelic) bases. 
Text:
Inscribed on the upper surfaces. 
Letters:
0.04-0.14. 
Date:
No indication  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum; bases of the forum porticoes and of the engaged orders in the E portico and in the tabernae opening off the East portico.  
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
c), h) and j) are no longer visible, and have been read from casts in the Superintendency.  
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
ΑΓΑΘ
b
ΑΠ
c
ΑΡ[···]ΕΝΤΟ
d
ΕΥΠΡΑ
e
ΕΥΤΥ
f
ΠΑΡΑΣΙΟΥ
g
ΠΑΡΑΣΙ
h
ΣΕΙ
i
ΣΙ
j
ΣΥ[···]Α
k
ΣΩΤΗ̣
l
ΣΩΤΗ[·· ? ··]
m
ΦΓ̣Α
a
ΑΓΑΘ
b
ΑΠ
c
ΑΡ[···]ΕΝΤΟ
d
ΕΥΠΡΑ
e
ΕΥΤΥ
f
ΠΑΡΑΣΙΟΥ
g
ΠΑΡΑΣΙ
h
ΣΕΙ
i
ΣΙ
j
ΣΥ[···]Α
k
ΣΩΤ·
l
ΣΩΤΗ[·· ? ··]
m
Φ·Α
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αγαθ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
απ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αρ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig >
εντο
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
ευπρα
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
ευτυ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="f" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
παρασιου
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="g" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
παρασι
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="h" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σει
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σι
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="j" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
συ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig >
α
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="k" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σωτ
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="l" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σωτη
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="m" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
φ
<unclear reason="damage" >
γ
</unclear>
α
</orig>
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

(a) Agath( ?)

(b) Ap( ?)

(c) Ar[·· ? ··]ento(s)

(d) Eypra[·· ? ··]

(e) Eyty( ?)

(f) Of Parasios

(g) Of Paras[ios]

(h) Sei( ?)

(j) Of Sy[·· ? ··]as

(k) Soter[r-]

(l) Soter[r-]

(m) Phra( ?)

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XIX.29)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XIX.29)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIX.33)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIX.33)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXI.6)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXI.6)

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