680. Funerary inscription for L. Cl. Perpetuus Probatus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.55 x h: 0.92 x d: 0.60) of coarse grey limestone, with moulded panels on 3 sides. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.69).  
Letters:
Irregular capitals: 0.065. 
Date:
First to third century A.D. (nomenclature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Mausolea East of the city (Bartoccini MS notes). 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.  
Bibliography:
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VIII:18, and p. 2289. 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) 
D(is) m(anibus)
L(uci) Cl(audii)
Perpe-
tui Pro-
5bati
uix(it) ann(os)
XX
DM
LCL
PERPE
TVIPRO
5BATI
VIXANN
XX
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
anibus
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Cl
</abbr>
<ex>
audii
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
Perpe
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
tui
Pro
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
bati
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
uix
</abbr>
<ex>
it
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
ann
</abbr>
<ex>
os
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<num value="20" >
XX
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

To the gods below of Lucius Claudius Perpetuus Probatus. He lived for twenty years.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.17)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.17)

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