Description: Sandstone block
(w:
1.37 x h:
0.41 x d:
0.39). Perhaps
to be associated with T.217.
Text: Inscribed on one of the exposed faces which is damaged below.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.22
Date: Probably first century CE
Findspot:
Taucheira:
South area of the city; recorded in 1963.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Unknown
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . victor in Germa]nia, holding tr[ibunician power . . .
Commentary
If the lettering is correctly dated the first surviving word must be Germani]cum, and the emperor therefore Gaius, Claudius, Nero or Domitian. Perhaps to be associated with one or all of the monumental texts in Latin, (T.3, T.216, T.217, T.247,) recorded in the area of the city wall nearby; and if the connection with T.247 is accepted, the erasure there eliminates Claudius, and probably points to Domitian.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds NS.VIII.5)