Description:
The reverse face of 85, q.v.. 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: l. 1, 0.06; remainder, 0.05. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: From the Amphitheatre (Bartoccini, MS notes) 
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:
Bartoccini MS notes; Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
[·]N[·· ? ··]
hic no[·· ? ··]
stabat [·· 5-6··]OVỊẠ[·· ? ··]
VANISSID gaudens [·· ? ··]
5Dulciti Cattique [·· ? ··]
audaci noto frị[·· ? ··]
[·]N[·· ? ··]
HICNO[·· ? ··]
STABAT[·· 5-6··]OV··[·· ? ··]
VANISSIDGAVDENS[·· ? ··]
5DVLCITICATTIQVE[·· ? ··]
AVDACINOTOFR·[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig >
n
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
hic
no
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
stabat
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" extentmax="6" />
<orig >
ov
<unclear reason="" >
ia
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<orig >
vanissid
</orig>
gaudens
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
Dulciti
Catti
que
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
audaci
noto
fr
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

4, The reading is clear.

Translation:

[·· ? ··](l.2) ?this man [·· ? ··] he/she was standing [·· ? ··] rejoicing [·· ? ··] of Dulcitius and Cattius [·· ? ··] to a bold ? well-known [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVIII.24)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVIII.24)

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