Fragmentary Libyan textJ. 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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ArabicEnglishFrenchGermanAncient GreekTransliterated GreekModern GreekHebrewItalianLatinPunicNative Libyan language in Latin scriptTripolitaniaLibyaBanī Walīd2008-09-09ZAconverted using CHET-C2009-05-19RVAdded Figures2009-08-24RVAdded Figures
Description of Monument
Block of limestone, one of three (together 2.200.50)
The outer pair are ornamented with triangular panels with volute terminals (as 859, 804) and elaborate rosettes;
and the central block comprises the inscribed die within a cable border, flanked by narrow vertical panels with elaborate rosettes.
Description of Text
Inscribed die (0.470.35).The text has been deliberately defaced by early Arab graffiti.
Description of Letters
Rough capitals, inscribed between guide-lines: av. 0.04.
Date
No indication
Locations
Middle Lower Sofeggin Basin :
Gasr es-Suq el-Oti. Seen by Goodchild and Ward Perkins in 1948 in situ over the door of a gasr (map ref. R 3222) in the Wadi Bosra South East of Beni Ulid.