Description:
Marble architrave block (w: 1.16 x h: 0.41 x d: 0.10) from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius (232); re-used in Arab times. 
Text:
Carved on the reverse face 
Letters:
Second century lapidary capitals: 0.15.  
Date:
A.D. 163-164 (see 232)  
Findspot:
Oea: mosque of Sidi Hmùda in 1st September Street, Tripoli City. Found in 1923 during the demolition of the mosque (Bartoccini, MS notes). 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle. 
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) 
[·· ? ·· fl]amen perpetu[us]
[·· ? ·· sol]ido [fecit]
[·· ? ·····]AMENPERPETV[···]
[·· ? ······]IDO[······]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
fl
</supplied>
amen
perpetu
<supplied reason="lost" >
us
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
sol
</supplied>
ido
<supplied reason="lost" >
fecit
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] perpetual flamen (priest) [·· ? ··] made with solid [?marble·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 673 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 673 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XVIII.26)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XVIII.26)

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