246. Dedication by Aurellius son of Epagrus

Description:
Fragment from the upper right-hand corner of a rectangular base (w: 0.50 x h: 0.47 x d: 0.50) of limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face, within a moulded panel, is Latin and Neo- Punic (Neo- Punic 7. The text is fragmentary, and reads: Abdmel[qart ...]). Uniform with 229. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: 0.035. 
Date:
Unknown  
Findspot:
Oea: The Lighthouse Fort, Tripoli. Found in 1915 during the demolition of the fort. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle.  
Bibliography:
Notiziario archeologico del Ministero delle Colonie, 4 fascicules, Roma, 1915-1927, II:39l ff., fig 8; R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923, 4. 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) 
[·· ? ·· Aurellius] Epagri
[f(ilius) d(e) s(ua)] p(ecunia) d(edit)
[·· ? ············]EPAGRI
[··]PD
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Aurellius
</supplied>
Epagri
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
e
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ua
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ecunia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
edit
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

2, See 229.

Translation:

[·· ? ·· Aurellius, son] of Epagrus, gave (this) [from his own] finances.

Commentary:

The dedicator also in 229

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 675 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 675 Leica)

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