257. Fragmentary funerary inscription
- Description:
- Right-hand side of a block (w: 0.65 x h: 0.46 x d: 0.26) of grey limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a roughly incised tabella ansata.
- Letters:
- Rough late capitals: 0.09-0.10; uncial E.
- Date:
- Unknown
- Findspot:
- Oea: The Spanish Fort, Tripoli. Found during demolition.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Tripoli Castle
- Bibliography:
- Notiziario archeologico del Ministero delle Colonie, 4 fascicules, Roma, 1915-1927, II:328, fig. 16; R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923, 6. 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
cia
Narsis
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
-laris
filia
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
uixit
plus
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
inus
</ex>
a
<unclear
reason=""
>
n
</unclear>
nos
<num
value="8"
>
VI
II
</num>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
mense
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
s
</ex>
<num
value="6"
>
<unclear
reason=""
>
</num>
VI
</unclear>
3, VIII.
Translation:
[·· ? ··]cia Narsis, daughter of [·· ? ··]; she lived approximately 8 years, 6 months [? days·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 688 Leica)
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