853. Fragment

Description:
Two fragments of a limestone block (h: 0.68)  
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded tabella ansata; there is a rosette in the right-hand, surviving ansa.  
Letters:
Second to early third centuries A.D. capitals: ll. 1-2, 0.09; ll. 3-4, 0.085. 
Date:
Second to early third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Found at Henscir el-Abiar (between Bir el-Hamudia and Got et-Turchi, in the area of Bir Silin, map ref. M 978092) 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Municipio at Zliten. 
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) 
[·· ? ··]orum Geta et Ro[·· ? ··]ae et Ce-
[·· ? ··]ạ Domitius C[·· ? ··] et Cas-
[·· ? ··]ana quae eṭ [·· ? ··]gyddus
[·· ? ··]es filis suis [·· ? ··]simis
[·· ? ··]ORVMGETAETRO[·· ? ··]AEETCE
[·· ? ··]·DOMITIVSC[·· ? ··]ETCAS
[·· ? ··]ANAQVAEE·[·· ? ··]GYDDVS
[·· ? ··]ESFILISSVIS[·· ? ··]SIMIS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
orum
Geta
et
Ro
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ae
et
Ce
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
Domitius
C
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
et
Cas
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ana
quae
e
<unclear reason="" >
t
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
gyddus
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
es
filis
suis
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
simis
</ab>

2, The letter following C begins with an upright stroke.

Translation:

[·· ? ··] of (genitive plural) Geta (nominative) and Ro[·· ? ··] (word in genitive or dative, possibly feminine) and Ce[·· ? ··] Domitius (nominative) C[·· ? ··] and Cas[·· ? ··]ana who (feminine) also [·· ? ··?Nam]gyddus [·· ? ··] for their most [?dutiful] sons.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. B. 993)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. B. 993)

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