886. Funerary inscriptions, partly Libyan

Description:
Series of rectangular funerary stelae of brown limestone (w: 0.22-0.35 x h: 0.50-1.55) 
Text:
Inscribed on the faces.  
Letters:
Inscribed in Latin characters (0.02-0.04). 
Date:
No indication  
Findspot:
Middle Lower Sofeggin Basin: Bir ed-Dreder: Surveyed in situ, in the Libyan cemetery, by Goodchild in 1949. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle? 
Bibliography:
. a) Belardinelli, La Ghibla (Govemo della Tripolitania, Studi e Monografie Coloniali, 3, Tripoli, 1935) plate opp. p. 13; Beguinot, Rivista degli Studi Orentali, XXIV:14-15; Goodchild, Antiquaries Journal, XXX:138 ff. and pl. XVI b. h) 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:
Two of the texts, a) and h) have been incompletely published previously and are here reproduced from facsimiles by Goodchild; the remainder will shortly be published in full, with facsimiles, by Goodchild and recognisable names and titles only are here recorded. 
a

(Not transcribed, see image.)

b
Iullus Masthalul
c
[Fla]bius Mac[a]rcu[m]
Macarcum tribunus
d
MaΣigama[···]tribunus
e
Iulius [··· ·· ? ··?]ibitua
f
Iulius Nasif tribunus
g
[·· ? ··]imnus Nimira
h

(Not transcribed, see image.)

j
Flabius Masin[th]an tribunus
k
Flabius Isiguari tribunus
a

(Not transcribed, see image.)

b
IVLLVSMASTHALVL
c
[····]BIVSMAC[··]RCV[··]
MACARCVMTRIBVNVS
d
MAΣIGAMA[···]TRIBVNVS
e
IVLIVS[····· ? ··?]IBITVA
f
IVLIVSNASIFTRIBVNVS
g
[·· ? ··]IMNVSNIMIRA
h

(Not transcribed, see image.)

j
FLABIVSMASIN[···]ANTRIBVNVS
k
FLABIVSISIGVARITRIBVNVS
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<note>
Not transcribed, see image.
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Iullus
Masthalul
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Fla
</supplied>
bius
Mac
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
rcu
<supplied reason="lost" >
m
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
Macarcum
tribunus
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Ma
Σ
igama
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
tribunus
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Iulius
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap1" />
ibitua
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="f" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Iulius
Nasif
tribunus
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="g" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
imnus
Nimira
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="h" >
<note>
Not transcribed, see image.
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="j" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Flabius
Masin
<supplied reason="lost" >
th
</supplied>
an
tribunus
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="k" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Flabius
Isiguari
tribunus
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

(a) ?Of Flavius Saicham, son of Macarcum [·· ? ··]

(b) Iullus Masthalul.

(c) Flavius Macarcum. Macarcum, tribune.

(d) Masigama [·· ? ··], tribune.

(e) Julius [·· ? ··]

(f) Julius Nasif, tribune.

(g). [·· ? ··]imnus Nimira.

(h) Myriraban, son of Isicuar [·· ? ··]

(j) Flavius Masinthan, tribune.

(k) Flavius, ?son of Isignas, tribune.

Commentary:

The body of each text is in the Libyan language, but many of them include recognisable names and titles.

a) l. 1. For lulius; see e) and f).

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
Sketch of a. from a squeeze (from IRT p. 218)
 Sketch of a. from a squeeze (from IRT p. 218)
Sketch of h. from a squeeze (from IRT p. 218)
 Sketch of h. from a squeeze (from IRT p. 218)

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