921. Funerary inscription for Lucius Domitius Crescens

Description:
Upper part of a grey limestone stele (w: 0.61 x h: 0.70 x d: 0.25)  
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded panel (die, 0.44) with schematic pediment and acroteria above. 
Letters:
Rough capitals: 0.035-0.04. 
Date:
No indication  
Findspot:
Bu-Ngem: Fort at Bu-Ngem, from the cemetery South of the fort (map ref. X 5206) 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle.  
Bibliography:
Bartoccini, Africa Italiana (Rivista di Storia e d'Arte a cura del Ministero delle Colonie) 8 vols., Bergamo, 1927-1940, II:58. 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) 
D(is) m(anibus) s(acrum)
L(ucius) Dom(i)tius Cresc(ens)
uixit annis XX̣ [·· ? ··]
Octauius Ro[·· c. 4··]
5et Hostilia [Ma]-
xima heredẹ[s]
merito posuer[u]-
nt
DMS
LDOMTIVSCRESC
VIXITANNISX·[·· ? ··]
OCTAVIVSRO[·· c. 4··]
5ETHOSTILIA[···]
XIMAHERED·[··]
MERITOPOSVER[··]
NT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
anibus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
acrum
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucius
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Dom
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
<abbr>
tius
</abbr>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Cresc
</abbr>
<ex>
ens
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
uixit
annis
<num >
X
<unclear reason="damage" >
X
</unclear>
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
Octauius
Ro
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<lb n="5" />
et
Hostilia
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ma
</supplied>
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
xima
hered
<unclear reason="damage" >
e
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
<lb n="7" />
merito
posuer
<supplied reason="lost" >
u
</supplied>
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
nt
</ab>

Translation:

Sacred to the gods below. Lucius Domitius Crescens lived twenty(?+) years; Octavius Ro[·· c. 4 ··] and Hostilia Maxima, his heirs, set this up for one who deserved it.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 678 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 678 Leica)

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