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Fragment of Latin public inscription

Type of monument:
Fragment of Latin public inscription.
Location:
Hallaç (Synnada): in a pile of stones on the south-east side of the village.
Description:
White marble fragment, broken on all sides.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.46+; W. 0.27+; Th. 0.31+; letters 0.030-0.032.
Record:
MB notebook copy; drawing; photograph (1955/13).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Roman imperial period.
 
 

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[- -]Ịotạ[- -]
[- -]ciae[- -]
[- -]urb[- -]
[- -]ariṣ[- -]

At the start of line 1, a vertical stroke is visible at the very edge of the surviving face. The stroke is too close to the O to be the central vertical of a T, and is more likely to be an I or the right-hand vertical of N. With so little of the inscription surviving, restoration is very difficult; in line 2, we presumably have the genitive [- -provin]ciae. The lettering is an extremely fine monumental script, with unusually wide interlinear spaces; there appears to be nothing inscribed above the first line.

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 178 (Synnada 1: 1955-13)

MAMA XI 178 (Synnada 1: 1955-13)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 178 (Synnada 1: 1955-13)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 178 (Synnada 1: 1955-13)