Description:
Part of the lower edge of a panel (w: 0.28 x h: 0.21 x d: 0.018) of white marble.  
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Second to third century capitals: 0.07.  
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.  
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) 
[·· ? ··]m leg(atum) leg(ionis) [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]MLEGLEG[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
m
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
atum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] legate (commander) of legion [·· ? ··] (accusative case)

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.3)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.3)

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