701. Fragmentary ?dedication

Description:
Two fragments of a panel of cream marble (w: 0.42 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.036 and w: 0.26 x h: 0.155 x d: 0.035, no edges surviving).  
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving faces. 
Letters:
Second to third century capitals: 0.065. 
Date:
Second to third centuries (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre.  
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
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) 
a
[·· ? ·· F]la[ui ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· Ca]pito statuas I[III ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] [a]diect(is) ampl(ius) d[e suo ·· ? ··]
[---]
b
[·· ? ·· F]laui[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]V ex (denariis) VII[I ·· ? ··]
[---]
a
[·· ? ····]LA[····· ? ··]
[·· ? ·····]PITOSTATVASI[······ ? ··]
[·· ? ··][··]DIECTAMPLD[········ ? ··]
[---]
b
[·· ? ····]LAVI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VEX denarius VII[···· ? ··]
[---]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
F
</supplied>
la
<supplied reason="lost" >
ui
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ca
</supplied>
pito
statuas
<num value="4" >
I
<supplied reason="lost" >
III
</supplied>
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
diect
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
ampl
</abbr>
<ex>
ius
</ex>
</expan>
d
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
suo
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
F
</supplied>
laui
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<num value="5" >
V
</num>
ex
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<g type="denarius" > </g>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
denariis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="8" >
VII
<supplied reason="lost" >
I
</supplied>
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>
</div>

a.2, For the number I[III]´ see 700.

b.2, For the number VII[I]´ see 700.

Translation:

(a) [·· ? ··]Flavius (case unknown) Capito (nominative ) four statues [·· ? ··] adding further from his own funds [·· ? ··]

(b) [·· ? ··] Flavi[?us·· ? ··] (case unknown)[·· ? ··] from eight thousend sesterces [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.35)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.35)

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