851. Funerary inscription
- Description:
- Triangular-headed stele (w: 0.50 x h: 1.22 x d: 0.23) of grey limestone; in the triangle, a marigold within a circular recess; below it, two recessed panels, the upper containing a wreath in relief.
- Text:
- Inscribed within the lower recessed panel (die, w: 0.25 x h: 0.28).
- Letters:
- Irregular capitals: 0.04.
- Date:
- No indication
- Findspot:
- Coastal Belt: Wadi Caam; Found about 1 km. away in the direction of Zliten, along the new road (map ref. M 665217).
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Sabratha 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Masof
<lb
n="2"
/>
bona
ui
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
ta
uics
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
it
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
nos
</ex>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<num
value="57"
>
LVII
</num>
Translation:
Masof, a good life; he lived for fifty-seven years.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.16)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.17)
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