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LSA-2217 Plaque recording possible statue dedication by Aurelius Aphrodisius. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Third to fourth century.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Lepcis Magna Province: Tripolitania Region: North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details: Eight fragments, found on road west of Punic market and in temple of Serapis
Current Location: Lepcis museum (without published inv. no.).
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 41.8 Width(cm): 39.2 Depth(cm): 3.2
Language: Greek Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Name lost Position: Others Gender: Unknown
Awarder: Aurelius Aphrodisius Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 200 Latest : 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 477-8, no. 85, fig. 10.101
INSCRIPTION
Text: [---]+ΙΟΣ (ivy leaf) ΑΦΡΟ+ΕΙΣΙΟΣ / [---]Α+ΑΠΙΔΟΣ[- 6? -] / [---]ΤΗΣ+ΟΥ+[- 6? -] / [---]Ο+Ο[- 9? -] / ------

[---? Αὐρη]λιος (ivy leaf) Ἀφροδείσιος / [--- Σ]αράπιδος [- 6? -] / [---] τῆς βουλ[ῆς – 4? -] / [---]Ο+Ο[- 9? -]		 Trans: ... Aurelius Aphrodisius, ... of Serapis (?), ... of the council ..
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