Description of Monument
Four blocks of grey limestone (each approx. 0.53 high) probably from the same monumental inscription.
a) On the North face of the East tower:
b) On the West face of the East tower:
c) On the South face of the wall West of the gate:
d) On the top of the East tower:
Description of Text
Inscribed on the surviving faces.
Description of Letters
Capitals: l. 1 ( erased ) approx., 0.19;
l. 2. 0.15-0.16.
Date
A.D. 81-96
(lettering)
Locations
Lepcis Magna:
Built into the Byzantine Gate.
Unknown
Built into the Byzantine Gate.
Bibliography
Bartoccini, II:70, a) and b) only;
VIII:22677, c) only.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
us Quinti
filius
Quirina tribu
Apparatus
Probably Domitian - the material and lettering suggest a first century date.
Translation
a,band d are not usefully translatable
c.erasedus, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Quirina
Photographs
No photographs.