973. Fragment
- Description:
- Block of sandstone (w: 0.97 x h: 0.47 x d: 0.41) originally stuccoed, from a monumental inscription: traces of stucco survive in the letters: the stone is badly worn at the left-hand end.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- Lapidary capitals, probably first century: 0.13-0.14.
- Date:
- Probably first century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: Findspot unrecorded
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Now standing against the reverse face of the scaena of the theatre at Sabratha.
- Bibliography:
- Not previoulsy published This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 1955, 124-147, no. S.1.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds)
Translation:
[·· ? ··] Flavius (case unknown) [·· ? ··] (l.2 probably includes a reference to the municipality or to a public office).
Commentary:
l.2: At this point the text may have patron]um mun[icipi.]
A welcome addition to the small number of early inscriptions on stuccoed sandstone from Sabratha; see Introductions, Sabratha, Section 4.
Presumably from municipium or munus: if the former, the text would suggest that the Punic constitution of Sabratha was remodelled in the late first century, as was that of Lepcis Magna (see Introductions, Lepcis, Section 3), both cities perhaps becoming municipia, presumably with Latin Rights.
- Photographs:
- none.
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