Fragmentary funerary inscriptionJ. M. ReynoldsJ. B. Ward-Perkins
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Republished from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British
School at Rome, 1952.
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Description of Monument
Rectangular base (0.520.950.50) of limestone
Description of Text
Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die,0.480.38); above the die, a mutilated bust.
Description of Letters
Third to fourth centuries A.D. capitals: 0.02-0.03.
Date
Third to fourth centuries A.D.
(lettering)
Locations
Upper Sofeggin Basin :
Wadi Lella; Seen and transcribed in 1948 by Goodchild, on the West side of the Garian-Mizda road, 15 km. North of Mizda, lying beside the ruins of a mausoleum (map ref. Q 2325 approx.).
Unknown
Finspot (1948)
Bibliography
Not previously published.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Goodchild)
Text
DismanibussacrumBarbagnarusmilitiaepraenuntiuinsolito> casugiintematoiuiicroeatkaruspaterusuixitannos
Translation
Sacred to the gods below. Barba, knowledgeable in military affairs, ?foreseer by an unusual chance a dear father he lived years