793. Panel fragments

Description:
Three fragments a)-c) from a marble panel, and a fourth fragment d), possibly but not certainly from the same panel; similar to, and perhaps uniform with, 773. a) w: 0.12 x h: 0.14 x d: 0.032, no edges surviving. b) and c) w: 0.19 x h: 0.16 x d: 0.032 and w: 0.215 x h: 0.185 x d: 0.032, both from the lower edge. d) w: 0.185 x h: 0.19 x d: 0.03, from the upper right-hand edge of the die with part of the right-hand ansa of a tabella ansata. 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Second to third century capitals: 0.045  
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Severan Harbour; Found nearby. 
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) 
a
[·· ? ··] TIFE [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ulit [·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··] ṢIRẸS [·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]nari s[·· ? ·· s]oluit
d
[·· ? ··]ici
[·· ? ··]lo
[·· ? ··]P
[·· ? ··]T P
a
[·· ? ··]TIFE[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VLIT[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]·IR·S[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]NARIS[·· ? ····]OLVIT
d
[·· ? ··]ICI
[·· ? ··]LO
[·· ? ··]P
[·· ? ··]T P
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
tife
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ulit
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
s
</unclear>
ir
<unclear reason="" >
e
</unclear>
s
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
nari
s
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
oluit
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ici
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
lo
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
p
</orig>
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
t p
</orig>
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

(a)not usefully translatable; (b+c) [·· ? ··] he/she paid. (d)not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

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

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