Funerary inscription for FlacianusJ. M. ReynoldsJ. B. Ward-Perkins
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Republished from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British
School at Rome, 1952.
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Description of Monument
Part of a white marblesarcophagus lid (0.410.220.05), width incomplete. With a winged genius (L) upholding an inscribed panel . A second fragment portrays the legs of the second supporting figure.
Description of Text
Inscribed (0.10).
Description of Letters
Third century A.D. capitals 0.015-0.018.
Date
Third century A.D.
(lettering)
Locations
Sabratha: Findspot unrecorded
Unknown
Sabratha Museum.
Bibliography
Not previously published.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
AureliusFlacianusPsacerdotalisscolafelixetcumuiueretmorereturfuitfiluixitannisL
Translation
Aurelius Flacianus priestly ? school , fortunate both when he lived and when he died. He was ? son of; he lived 50 years.