799. Greek mason's marks

Description:
Mason's marks on the under surfaces of the Pentelic white marble locust-and-acanthus capitals of the forum porticoes and of the engaged orders in the East portico and in the tabernae opening off the East portico. No. i) is no longer visible and has been read from a cast in the Superintendency. 
Text:
Mason's marks 
Letters:
0.02-0.11. 
Date:
No indication  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, the forum-porticoes and of the engaged orders in the East portico and in the tabernae opening off the East portico. 
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
ΑΙΜΕΝΙΟΥ
b
ΑΠΟΛ
c
ΑΡΙΣ
d
ΑΡΙΣ
e
ΑΡΙΣΤΟ
f
Δ[··]Υ
g
ΕΡΜ
h
ΕΥΠ ΗΑ̣
ι
Π[ΑΡΑ]ΣΙΟ[Υ]
j
ΠΡ̣[·· ? ··]
k
ΠΡ̣Ω
li
ΣΑΣ̣[···]ΝΙΟΥ
ΣΟΦΑΝΟΥ
ii
ΕΛ[·]
ΣΟΦ
m
ΣΙΝ[·· ? ··]
n
ΣΟΦ
o
ΣΟΦΙΑ
p
ΣΩ [·· ? ··]
q
ΧΑΡΜΙ
r
[·· ? ··]Ω ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟΥ
[·· ? ··]ΘΕ̣ΟΣΕΝ
s
[·· ? ··]ΣΙΣ
t
ΑΡΙΣ
u
ΑΡΤ[·· ? ··]
ΝΕΩ[·· ? ··]
v
Π[·· ? ··]
w
Σ[·· ? ··]
x
ΣΙΣ[·· ? ··]
y
ΣΩ[·· ? ··]
z
ΣΩΤΗ
aa
[·· ? ··]ΑΣΙΟΥ
ab
[·· ? ··]Ε
ac
[·· ? ··]ΟΛ
ad
[·· ? ··]Τ
ae
[·· ? ··]Ω
a
ΑΙΜΕΝΙΟΥ
b
ΑΠΟΛ
c
ΑΡΙΣ
d
ΑΡΙΣ
e
ΑΡΙΣΤΟ
f
Δ[··]Υ
g
ΕΡΜ
h
ΕΥΠΗ·
ι
Π[····]ΣΙΟ[··]
j
Π·[·· ? ··]
k
Π·Ω
li
ΣΑ·[···]ΝΙΟΥ
ΣΟΦΑΝΟΥ
ii
ΕΛ[·]
ΣΟΦ
m
ΣΙΝ[·· ? ··]
n
ΣΟΦ
o
ΣΟΦΙΑ
p
ΣΩ[·· ? ··]
q
ΧΑΡΜΙ
r
[·· ? ··]ΩΝΕΩΤΕΡΟΥ
[·· ? ··]Θ·ΟΣΕΝ
s
[·· ? ··]ΣΙΣ
t
ΑΡΙΣ
u
ΑΡΤ[·· ? ··]
ΝΕΩ[·· ? ··]
v
Π[·· ? ··]
w
Σ[·· ? ··]
x
ΣΙΣ[·· ? ··]
y
ΣΩ[·· ? ··]
z
ΣΩΤΗ
aa
[·· ? ··]ΑΣΙΟΥ
ab
[·· ? ··]Ε
ac
[·· ? ··]ΟΛ
ad
[·· ? ··]Τ
ae
[·· ? ··]Ω
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αιμενιου
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
απολ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αρισ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αρισ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αριστο
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="f" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
δ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<orig >
υ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="g" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
ερμ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="h" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
ευπ
</orig>
<orig >
η
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ι" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
π
<supplied reason="lost" >
αρα
</supplied>
σίο
<supplied reason="lost" >
υ
</supplied>
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="j" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
π
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="k" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
π
<unclear reason="" >
ρ
</unclear>
ω
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="l" >
<div type="textpart" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σα
<unclear reason="" >
σ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig >
νιου
</orig>
<lb n="2" />
<orig >
σοφανου
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
ελ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<orig >
σοφ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="m" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σιν
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="n" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σοφ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="o" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σοφια
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="p" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σω
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="q" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
χαρμι
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="r" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ω
</orig>
<orig >
νεωτέρου
</orig>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
θ
<unclear reason="" >
ε
</unclear>
οσεν
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="s" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
σισ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="t" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αρισ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="u" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
αρτ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<orig >
νεω
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="v" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
π
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="w" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="x" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σισ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="y" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σω
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="z" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig >
σωτη
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="aa" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ασιου
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ab" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ε
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ac" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ολ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ad" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
τ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="ae" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ω
</orig>
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

(a) Of Aimenios

(b) Apol( ?)

(c) Aris( ?)

(d. ) Aris( ?)

(e) Aristo( ?)

(f) Of D[io]s

(g) Herm( ?)

(h. ) Eup( ?)(with superscript EA or ED)

(i) Of Parasios

(j) Pr[·· ? ··]

(k) Pro( ? )

(l i and ii) Of Sas[·· ? ··]nios. Sophanos (and) El[·· ? ··] of Soph(anos?)

(m) Sin( ?)

(n) Soph(?anos)

(o) Sophia( ?)

(p) So[·· ? ··]

(q) Of Charmi(des)

(r) [·· ? ··]o Neoteros (name or the younger) [·· ? ··]theos Er(?)

(s) [·· ? ··]sis

Commentary:

A series of personal names, some clearly in the genitive case, many abbreviated and not certanly identifiable

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXI.5)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXI.5)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XV.26)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XV.26)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.10)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.10)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XIX.30)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.XIX.30)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.VII.38)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.VII.38)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXI.5)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXXI.5)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.27)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.27)

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