689. Funerary inscription for M. Clutorius Baliahon

Description:
Upper part of a moulded base (w: 0.50 x h: 0.70 x d: 0.50) of brown limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded paneI (die, w: 0.26 x h: 0.29; height incomplete).  
Letters:
Irregular capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.04-0.045. 
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D (lettering)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Wadi Lebdah, 100 yards East of the surviving mausoleum, and South of Fort Victor Emmanuel 
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:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
D(is) m(anibus) s(acrum)
M(arcus) Cluto-
rius Bali-
ahon OḶI
5 [---]
DMS
MCLVTO
RIVSBALI
AHONO·I
5[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
anibus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
acrum
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arcus
</ex>
</expan>
Cluto
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
rius
Bali
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
ahon
<orig >
o
<unclear reason="" >
l
</unclear>
i
</orig>
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

Translation:

Sacred to the gods below. Marcus Clutorius Baliahon [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

ll. 2-4. M. Clutorius Baliahon. See also CIL VIII, 15275, 18677.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.14)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.14)

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