177. Fragments

Description:
Three fragments of a panel of cream marble; a) From the upper edge, w: 0.14 x h: 0.13 x d: 0.045; b) w: 0.17 x h: 0.24 x d: 0.045, no edges; c) From the lower edge, w: 0.23 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.045.  
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving faces. 
Letters:
Second to third century capitals. a) 0.08. b) l. 1, 0.07; l. 2, 0.065. c) l. 1, 0.06; l. 2, 0.05. 
Date:
Second to third centuries (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Theatre 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
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) 
a
[·· ? ··]NỊ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] II [·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]IOṂ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] exor[nat ·· ? ··]
[---]
c
[·· ? ··]ER E[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] (sesterti-) XLIII [·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··]N·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]II[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]IO·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]EXOR[······ ? ··]
[---]
c
[·· ? ··]ERE[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] sestertius XLIII[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
n
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<num >
II
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
io
<unclear reason="" >
m
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
exor
<supplied reason="lost" >
nat
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
er
</orig>
<orig >
e
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<g type="sestertius" > </g>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
sesterti
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="43" >
XLIII
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a-b [·· ? ··] two [·· ? ··] adorned [·· ? ··]

c. [·· ? ··] forty-three [thousand] sesterces [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XX.13)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XX.13)

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