Description:
Fragment of marble milestone(w: 0.06 x h: 0.09 x d: 0.045). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face, which is waterworn. 
Letters:
Capitals: 0.015. 
Date:
No indication  
Findspot:
Wadi Zemzem: Ghirza; Found by Mrs. Olwen Brogan in 1954 in the bed of the Wadi , near the habitations. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle. 
Bibliography:
Not previously published. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147, no. S.23. 
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) 
[·· ? ··]VAM[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VỊ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]C̣CẸṾ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VAM[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]V·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]·C··[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
vam
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
v
<unclear reason="damage" >
i
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
c
</unclear>
c
<unclear reason="damage" >
ev
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

Not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

This fragment from the Ghirza settlement is the only known monument found in the pre-desert area of Tripolitania which is not of local stone; and its significance lies in this fact. At least one settlement in this area was in close touch with the coast, sufficiently wealthy to afford to import a luxury therefrom, and sufficiently sophisticated to do so.

Photographs:
none.

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