Description:
Triangular-headed stele (w: 0.50 x h: 1.22 x d: 0.23) of grey limestone; in the triangle, a marigold within a circular recess; below it, two recessed panels, the upper containing a wreath in relief. 
Text:
Inscribed within the lower recessed panel (die, w: 0.25 x h: 0.28).  
Letters:
Irregular capitals: 0.04.  
Date:
No indication  
Findspot:
Coastal Belt: Wadi Caam; Found about 1 km. away in the direction of Zliten, along the new road (map ref. M 665217).  
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum. 
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) 
Masof
bona ui-
ta uics-
itan(nos)
5 LVII
MASOF
BONAVI
TAVICS
ITAN
5LVII
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Masof
<lb n="2" />
bona
ui
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
ta
uics
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
it
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
nos
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<num value="57" >
LVII
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

Masof, a good life; he lived for fifty-seven years.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.16)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.16)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.17)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.III.17)

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