917. Dedication to Sol Inuictus by Peticius Pastor
- Description:
- Keystone of an arch (w: 0.36-0.31 x h: 0.33 x d: 0.31) of dark limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed within a narrow border.
- Letters:
- Rough capitals: 0.035-0.04.
- Date:
- No indication
- Findspot:
- Bu-Ngem: Fort at Bu-Ngem, (map ref. X 5206).
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Transferred in 1947 to Lepcis 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"
/>
Soli
<lb
n="2"
/>
inuicto
<lb
n="3"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
sac
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
rum
</ex>
Peti
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
cius
Past
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
or
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
erito
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
otum
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
oluit
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ibens
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
a
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
nimo
</ex>
Translation:
Sacred to the Unconquered Sun: Peticius Pastor paid his vow willingly to a god who has deserved it.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 6 to validate this file.)