109. Funerary inscription for Ulpianus

Description:
The upper left-hand part of a panel (w: 0.45 x h: 0.42 x d: 0.012) of white marble, heavily mottled with grey. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Third century A.D. capitals: 0.04-0.05. 
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Forum area. From the S Forum Temple 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha 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) 
Vlpiano V[·· ? ··]
sagitt(ario) naṭị[(one) ·· ? ··]
nus ann(os) p(lus) m(inus) [·· ? ··]
directo anni[·· ? ··]
5 [·· c. 6··] [cu]r(ante) F̣l(auio) P[·· ? ··]
VLPIANOV[·· ? ··]
SAGITTNA··[······ ? ··]
NVSANNPM[·· ? ··]
DIRECTOANNI[·· ? ··]
5[·· c. 6··][···]R·LP[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Vlpiano
V
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
sagitt
</abbr>
<ex>
ario
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
na
<unclear reason="" >
ti
</unclear>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
one
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
nus
<expan>
<abbr>
ann
</abbr>
<ex>
os
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
lus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
inus
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
directo
anni
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
cu
</supplied>
r
</abbr>
<ex>
ante
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
F
</unclear>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
P
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

To Ulpianus V[·· ? ··], archer of the (native) tribe [·· ? ··; he lived] approximately [·· ? ··] years [·· ? ··] straight ? of a year [·· ? ··]; Flavius P[·· ? ··] arranged (the burial).

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 221)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 221)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVIII.35)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVIII.35)

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