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T.3. Fragmentary ?imperial titulature from ?building inscription

Description: Sandstone block (w: 0.85 x h: 0.33 x d: 0.60).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Latin capitals, 0.18.

Date: Not discernable.

Findspot: Taucheira: West Wall "near the 20th tower" (Oliverio), which should mean near the sea in the north-west corner of the city. Recorded in 1936.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (1936).

Interpretive

[--- p]on[t]if[--- maxim-]

Diplomatic

[---.]ON[.]IF[---.....]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

. . . p]ontifex [maximus]

Commentary

The size of the letters indicates a monumental text giving the titles of an emperor. The case cannot be determined.

Other fragments which may be relevant are T.216, T.217, T.247.

Bibliography: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 468, p. 238.
Text constituted from: Previous publication (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).