673. Funerary inscription for Q. Cerialis Phischon
- Description:
- Rectangular base (w: 0.55 x h: 0.87 x d: 0.55) of coarse grey limestone, with moulded panels on all sides.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face (die, w: 0.27 x h: 0.66).
- Letters:
- Irregular capitals: av. 0.05.
- Date:
- First to third century A.D. (nomenclature)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Mausolea East of the city, (Bartoccini MS notes). Formerly in Homs Museum.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- 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:
- Bartoccini MS notes; Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Dis
mani
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
bus
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uinti
</ex>
Cae
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
cili
Ceria
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
lis
Phisch
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
on
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uintus
</ex>
Cae
<lb
n="6"
type="worddiv"
/>
cilius
Cae
<lb
n="7"
type="worddiv"
/>
cilianus
<lb
n="8"
/>
fratri
pi
<lb
n="9"
type="worddiv"
/>
issimo
fecit
</ab>
Translation:
To the gods below of Quintus Caecilius Cerialis Physcon; Quintus Caecilius Caecilianus had this made for a most dutiful brother.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 275 Lastre)
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