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863. Fragmentary christian inscriptions

Description:: A number of blocks and fragments of blocks: (all originally 0.530.42-48, varying width). a) Fragments of 7 blocks. Fragments 6 and 7 are wrongly conflated as a single text by CIL, followed by Diehl, Inscr. lat. christ. vet. 2468 (erroneously attributed to Rumia). Not seen. b) Fragments of 16 lintels and wall-panels. To these must be added a lintel fragment, containing the central part of text 2, seen and photographed by Bartoccini c.1925, re-used as part of a column in an unidentified mosque near Msufiin. 1. Complete lintel (w: 1.41 x ), found in situ over doorway V. 2. Three fragments of a lintel (w: 3.00 x ) 3. Left half of a lintel (w: 1.12 x , width incomplete) 4. Left half of a lintel (w: 0.70 x , width incomplete) 5. Wall-panel (w: 0.60 x ) 6. Wall-panel (w: 0.60 x ) 7. Wall-panel (w: 2.00 x ) 8. Fragment (0.75; width incomplete; left-hand margin only) 9. Fragment (0.44; left-hand margin only) 10. Fragment (h: 0.45, width incomplete; left-hand margin only) 11. Fragment (0.68, width incomplete; left-hand margin only) 12. Fragment (0.23, width incomplete; left-hand margin only) 13. Fragment (1.10, width incomplete; right-hand margin only) 14. Fragment (0.80, width incomplete; right-hand margin only) 15. Fragment (0.40, width incomplete; right-hand margin only) 16. Fragment (0.32, width incomplete; neither lateral margin surviving)
Text:: These blocks belong to a series of inscriptions, all of similar form and content, which appear to have formed a continuous course along the outer face or faces of the building. Some of the blocks served also as lintels of doorways, and in these the text is interrupted by a central Chi-rho monogram.
Letters:: Well cut lapidary capitals: 0.095-0.10. The text is cut in three lines within a frame of continuous horizontal incised lines (double between ll.1 and 2, and ll.2 and 3), with vertical lines marking the left and right-hand margins of the individual panels. There is a fourth line, below the frame, on some blocks; on the lintels this part of the stone is cut away.
Date:: No indication
Findspot:: Western Djebel: From Henscir Taglissi, a ditched ruin on the right bank of the Wadi en-Nzasat, , 500 m. South West of the village of el-Msufiin (map ref. Q 297777).a) Recorded by Rothmann in 1773, four of them then still apparently in situ. With the possible exception of fragments 5 and 7, these are now lost. b) found by Goodchild in 1949 on the surface and in the course of partial excavation. b.2: The central fragment photographed by Bartocini in 1925, the other two found in 1949.
Original Location:: Unknown
Last recorded location:: Findspot
Bibliography:: a) Recorded by Rothman in 1773: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VIII:10969 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:: Previous publications and transcriptions (Bartoccini, Goodchild, Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)

Dei domi-
ni iusti-
tia

[·· ? ··]SVN
[·· ? ··]litas
[·· ? ··fe]licitas

[·· ? ··do]mini
[·· ? ··]tati

[·· ? ··] dom[in·· ? ··]

[·· ? ··]BONA[·· ? ··]

[·· ? ··d]o[mi]ni
[·· ? ··]tas
[·· ? ··]CA

[·· ? ··la]udes [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]A[·· ? ··]

b1i

Dei domini monogram omnipo-
tentis et monogram eius pieta-
s et miseri monogramcordia

Α chi-rho Ω

[L]audes [do]mino om monogram[nipote]nti Deo et chi-rho ei
[us cuiu[s] aspiration monogram [e et prae]stantia Ae-
[mil]ian[u]s disposuit monogram i[nstitui]t et perfecit

Α chi-rho Ω

Dei domini monogram [omnipotentis]
oppulentia monogram [·· ? ··]
abundantia monogram [·· ? ··]

Α chi-rho Ω

[Om]nipoten[ti ·· ? ··]
[·]ETO inmort[alitas ·· ? ··]
ISAVARIORVM[·· ? ··]
PE

Domini
prospe-
ritas

De[i d]omin-
[i···]TAPR
[·· ? ··]O
bona

Domini omnipotentis ho-
norificentia prudentia s
c̣[ientia rec]ordatio

[Do]mini o[mnipotentis ·· ? ·· in]-
uictissim[i ·· ? ··]-
itas iust[itia ·· ? ··]

Dei dom[ini ·· ? ··]
kar[itas ·· ? ··]
[---]

Dom[ini ·· ? ··]
PO[·· ? ··]
[---]

Dei [·· ? ··]
[---]
3[---]

D[·· ? ··]
R[·· ? ··]
D[·· ? ··]

[·· ? ··o]mnipoten-
[·· ? ··]VITAEFIDI
[·· ? ··au]ctoritas ex
[·· ? ··]TIO

[·· ? ·· omnipote]nti[···]
[·· ? ··]OAPATR[···]
[·· ? ··] humanitas

[·· ? ··]STA
[·· ? ··]NOS
[·· ? ··]T palm

[·· ? ··do]mini o[mnipotentis]
[·· ? ··]VMB[·· ? ··]
[---]

DEIDOMI
NIIVSTI
TIA

[·· ? ··]SVN
[·· ? ··]LITAS
[·· ? ·····]LICITAS

[·· ? ·····]MINI
[·· ? ··]TATI

[·· ? ··]DOM[····· ? ··]

[·· ? ··]BONA[·· ? ··]

[·· ? ····]O[···]NI
[·· ? ··]TAS
[·· ? ··]CA

[·· ? ·····]VDES[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]A[·· ? ··]

b1i

DEIDOMINIMONOGRAMOMNIPO
TENTISETMONOGRAMEIVSPIETA
SETMISERIMONOGRAMCORDIA

Α chi-rho Ω

[··]AVDES[···]MINOOMMONOGRAM[·······]NTIDEOET chi-rho EI
[···CVIV[··]ASPIRATIONMONOGRAM[··········]STANTIAAE
[····]IAN[··]SDISPOSVITMONOGRAMI[········]TETPERFECIT

Α chi-rho Ω

DEIDOMINIMONOGRAM[·············]
OPPVLENTIAMONOGRAM[·· ? ··]
ABVNDANTIAMONOGRAM[·· ? ··]

Α chi-rho Ω

[···]NIPOTEN[····· ? ··]
[·]ETOINMORT[········· ? ··]
ISAVARIORVM[·· ? ··]
PE

DOMINI
PROSPE
RITAS

DE[····]OMIN
[·····]TAPR
[·· ? ··]O
BONA

DOMINIOMNIPOTENTISHO
NORIFICENTIAPRVDENTIAS
·[···········]ORDATIO

[···]MINIO[·············· ? ·····]
VICTISSIM[···· ? ··]
ITASIVST[······· ? ··]

DEIDOM[······ ? ··]
KAR[······· ? ··]
[---]

DOM[······ ? ··]
PO[·· ? ··]
[---]

DEI[·· ? ··]
[---]
3[---]

D[·· ? ··]
R[·· ? ··]
D[·· ? ··]

[·· ? ····]MNIPOTEN
[·· ? ··]VITAEFIDI
[·· ? ·····]CTORITASEX
[·· ? ··]TIO

[·· ? ···········]NTI[···]
[·· ? ··]OAPATR[···]
[·· ? ··]HVMANITAS

[·· ? ··]STA
[·· ? ··]NOS
[·· ? ··]T palm

[·· ? ·····]MINIO[············]
[·· ? ··]VMB[·· ? ··]
[---]

<ab>

Dei

domi

iusti

tia

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<orig >

sun

</orig>

litas

</supplied>

licitas

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

mini

tati

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

dom

</supplied>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<orig >

bona

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

</supplied>

tas

<orig >

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

udes

<orig >

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Dei

domini

monogram

omnipo

tentis

monogram

eius

pieta

miseri

monogram

cordia

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

audes

</supplied>

mino

monogram

nipote

</supplied>

nti

Deo

</supplied>

cuiu

</supplied>

aspiration

monogram

</supplied>

</supplied>

prae

</supplied>

stantia

mil

</supplied>

ian

</supplied>

disposuit

monogram

nstitui

</supplied>

perfecit

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Dei

domini

monogram

omnipotentis

</supplied>

oppulentia

monogram

abundantia

monogram

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

nipoten

</supplied>

<orig >

eto

</orig>

inmort

alitas

</supplied>

<orig >

isauariorum

</orig>

<orig >

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Domini

prospe

ritas

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

</supplied>

omin

</supplied>

<orig >

tapr

</orig>

<orig >

</orig>

bona

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Domini

omnipotentis

norificentia

prudentia

</unclear>

ientia

</supplied>

rec

</supplied>

ordatio

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

mini

mnipotentis

</supplied>

</supplied>

uictissim

</supplied>

itas

iust

itia

</supplied>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Dei

dom

ini

</supplied>

kar

itas

</supplied>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Dom

ini

</supplied>

<orig >

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Dei

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<orig >

</orig>

<orig >

</orig>

<orig >

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

mnipoten

<orig >

uitaefidi

</orig>

</supplied>

ctoritas

<orig >

tio

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

omnipote

</supplied>

nti

<orig >

oapatr

</orig>

humanitas

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<orig >

sta

</orig>

<orig >

nos

</orig>

<orig >

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

</supplied>

mini

mnipotentis

</supplied>

<orig >

umb

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

Translation:

a. 1. The justice of the Lord God; 2. [·· ? ··]felicity; 3. [·· ? ··] of the Lord [God ·· ? ··]; 4. [·· ? ··]of the Lord [God ·· ? ··]; 5. [·· ? ··]?good things[·· ? ··]of the Lord [God] [·· ? ··]

b. 1. Of the omnipotent Lord God and his ?justice and mercy. (Alpha and Omega on either side of a chi-rho monogram); 2. Praises to the omnipotent Lord God and his Christ, by whose ?breath and excellence Aemilianus organised, constructed and completed (this) (Alpha and Omega on either side of a chi-rho monogram); 3. Of the Lord God the omnipotent the wealth [·· ? ··], the riches [·· ? ··] (Alpha and Omega on either side of a monogram cross); 4. [To] the omnipotent God [·· ? ··] immortality (case unknown); 5. of the prosperity of the Lord; 6. [Of] the Lord God [·· ? ··] good things; 7. Of the omnipotent Lord, the honour, the prudence, the knowledge, the remembrance. 8. Of the [omnipotent] Lord [·· ? ··] wholly unconquered [the ·· ? ··], the justice[·· ? ··]; 9. Of the Lord God [·· ? ··] the love [·· ? ··]; 10. Of the Lord [God ·· ? ··]; 11. Of God [·· ? ··]; 12. (Not usefully translatable.) 13. [·· ? ··] omnipotent (probably genitive) [·· ? ··] authority from [·· ? ··]; 14.[·· ? ··] ?of the omnipotent [God ·· ? ··] the humanity; 15. (Not usefully translatable.) 16. [·· ? ··] of the [omnipotent] Lord [·· ? ··].