Description:
The reverse face of 518, c.v., inscribed within a recessed panel (die,). 
Text:
One line is inscribed above the die. 
Letters:
Fourth century capitals: 0.04-0.05. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the Basilica.  
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) 
Rom[··]ii
M[·· ? ··?]ae
rit[·· ? ··?]ae
i[·· ? ··?]ae
5i[·· ? ··?]i
[·· ? ··?]mo
[·· ? ··?]rio
re[·· ? ··?]
10ad[·· ? ··]
ROM[··]II
M[·· ? ··?]AE
RIT[·· ? ··?]AE
I[·· ? ··?]AE
5I[·· ? ··?]I
[·· ? ··?]MO
[·· ? ··?]RIO
RE[·· ? ··?]
10AD[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Rom
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
ii
<lb n="2" />
M
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap1" />
ae
<lb n="3" />
rit
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap2" />
ae
<lb n="4" />
i
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap3" />
ae
<lb n="5" />
i
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap4" />
i
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap5" />
mo
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap6" />
rio
<lb n="9" />
re
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap7" />
<lb n="10" />
ad
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

(?In honour) of Rom[·· ? ··]ius. [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l.1: Possibly Romulii, i.e., Laenatius Romulus, praeses c. 317; see also 101, ll. 1-8; 467, l. 7; 468, l. 10; 574, l.1

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIV.9)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIV.9)

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