Description:
Fragment, probably from the top of a marble panel (w: 0.155 x h: 0.09 x d: 0.018). 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: l. 1, 0.055; l. 2, not measurable. 
Date:
No indication  
Findspot:
The Coastal Belt: Oliveti; Found in 1949 (map ref. L 1359) 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle. 
Bibliography:
Not previously published This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147, no. S.13. 
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) 
[·· ? ··uetusta]te dilapsum [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ṛum p̣ṛọ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··········]TEDILAPSVM[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]·VM···[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
uetusta
</supplied>
te
dilapsum
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
r
</unclear>
um
<unclear reason="damage" >
pro
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] fallen down because of its age [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

The upper part only of the letters survives; the dotted letters could in each case be B, P, or R.

Photographs:
none.

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