161. Fragments

Description:
Cornice blocks of sandstone, stuccoed and painted. 
Text:
Inscribed on the frieze 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: 0.09. 
Date:
Unknown  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Found presumably near the East Forum Temple and now stacked in the NE corner of the precinct, together with related architectural fragments. 
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) 
a
[·· ? ··]ICET[·· ? ··]
b
ivy leaf
c
[·· ? ··] F̣lau[i]
a
[·· ? ··]ICET[·· ? ··]
b
ivy leaf
c
[·· ? ··]·LAV[··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
icet
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="ivy leaf" > </g>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
F
</unclear>
lau
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a, b (Not usefully translatable)

c. [·· ? ··] Flavius (case unknown) [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVI.39)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVI.39)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVII.9)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVII.9)

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