551. Fragmentary ?building inscription

Description:
Part of a panel of white marble (w: 0.95 x h: 0.42 x d: 0.03, lower edge only) consisting of a pilaster, reversed and inscribed longitudinally.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Second to third century lapidary capitals: ll. 1-2, 0.07; ll. 3-4, 0.08. 
Date:
Second to third centuries (lettering.)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Chalcidicum. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
now in the Theatre.  
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) 
[---]
2[·· ? ··]iam[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]runt ded[icauerunt ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· aug]ur p̣ro[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ·· prae]tor desig(natus) leg(atus) pr[o pr(aetore) ·· ? ··]
[---]
2[·· ? ··]IAM[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]RVNTDED[············ ? ··]
[·· ? ······]VR·RO[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ·······]TORDESIGLEGPR[······· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
iam
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
runt
ded
<supplied reason="lost" >
icauerunt
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
aug
</supplied>
ur
<unclear reason="damage" >
p
</unclear>
ro
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
prae
</supplied>
tor
<expan>
<abbr>
desig
</abbr>
<ex>
natus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
atus
</ex>
</expan>
pr
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
aetore
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

4, p̣ro: tro: less probably, tro[... ]. There is a long space between this and the preceding word.

Translation:

[·· ? ··](l.2)they dedicated [·· ? ··] augur pro[·· ? ··] praetor designate, propraetorian legate [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.32)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.32)

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