187. Fragments

Description:
Five blocks of sandstone from a continuous course (lengths varying × 0.47),inscribed on one face. 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving faces. 
Letters:
Irregular late capitals. a) Lettering: 0.22-0.26. b) Lettering: 0.13-0.15; uncial E with serifs. 
Date:
Unknown  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Amphitheatre, now in the cavea. 
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) 
ai
[·· ? ··]VISB[·· ? ··]
ii
[·· ? ··]ACATV[·· ? ··]
bi
[·· ? ··]VS[·· ? ··]
ii
[·· ? ··]NVCO[·· ? ··]
iii
[·· ? ··]AOER[·· ? ··]
ai
[·· ? ··]VISB[·· ? ··]
ii
[·· ? ··]ACATV[·· ? ··]
bi
[·· ? ··]VS[·· ? ··]
ii
[·· ? ··]NVCO[·· ? ··]
iii
[·· ? ··]AOER[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<div type="textpart" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
uisb
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
acatu
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<div type="textpart" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
us
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
nuco
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="iii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
aoer
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
</div>

a.i.1, Or ...nisb...

Translation:

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary:

a) i. and ii. are probably consecutive.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.4)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.4)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.5)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.5)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.6)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.6)

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