Description:
Fragment from the upper edge of a marble panel (w: 0.185 x h: 0.18 x d: 0.02).  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Second to third centuries capitals: 0.05.  
Date:
Second to early third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Reg. II, ins. 10, house G, found patching a late drain 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum.  
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) 
[·· ? ··]iae Au[g(ustae) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ni Au[g(usti) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]S[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]IAEAV[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]NIAV[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]S[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
iae
<expan>
<abbr>
Au
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
g
</abbr>
<ex>
ustae
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ni
<expan>
<abbr>
Au
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
g
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
s
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

To [·· ? ··]ia augusta, [wife of Emperor·· ? ··]nus Augustus [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVII.18)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXVII.18)

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