Building inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
source date: CE 244-246
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 91-2, pi. xn, whence [...], 1950.128; discussed [...], 316, whence [...], 1951.149; [...], 880, whence [...], 880, whence [...] 021232; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

See further [...] , whence [...], 1991.1621; [...] .

Imperator Caesar inuictus Augustus et Caesar noster regionem limitis Tentheitani partitam et eius uiam incursibus barbarorum constituto nouo centenario s praecluserunt Cominio Cassiano legato Auggustorum duorum pro praetore Gallicano [...] uiro egregio praeposito limitis cura Numisii Maximi domo [...]sia tribuni

[^a1: at 3: et ẹ[ius] uiam | et [ob]viam inscurus(ibus) | et [finitam? . . . ]]

[^a2: at 6: Gallican[o | c(larissimo) u(iro) Lic(inio) An[-]

Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus[^1], unconquered Augustus and Marcus Julius Philippus[^2] our Caesar, by building a new fort [...][^3] preserved the area distinguished as the frontier district of Tentheis[^4], and the road along it, from the attacks of barbarians; Cominius Cassianus, agent of the emperors with propraetorian powers and Gallicanus [...], of equestrian status, in charge of the frontier, Numisius Maximus, whose home town is [...], tribune, saw to the work.

[^1: names erased]

[^2: names erased]

[^3: erased]

[^4: ?Tentheitanus]

[^5]: L'empereur Philippe et le césar Philippe . . . ont fermé aux invasions des barbares la partie de la regio Tripolitana qui dépend pour sa défense du limes Tentheitanus, en emplantant ce nouveau centenarium . . .

[^5: Lines 1-4]

Line 7: Mattingly (see AE 1991.1621.b) this must be a reference to cohortis I Syrorum sagittariorum; but the leaf may indicate the end of the text