Inscription Database

Mile-/leaguestone from Tarhūnah (Africa Proconsularis)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD059770 (Last Updates: 2012-07-02, Bodard)

Transcription Majuscle
------ Dac]icus maximus pontes ]ICVS MAXIMVS PONTES
vetustate dilabsos VETVSTATE DILABSOS
iter longa iniuria corru- ITER LONGA INIVRIA CORRV
ptum restituerunt et pro s- PTVM RESTITVERVNT ET PRO S
ua infaticabili providenti- VA INFATICABILI PROVIDENTI
a perviam comeantibus redd- A PERVIAM COMEANTIBVS REDD
iderunt IDERVNT
m(iliarium) VIIII M VIIII
Chronological Data:
237 AD
Literature:
  • IRT 934.
  • R.G. Goodchild, The Roman roads and milestones of Tripolitania (Tripoli 1948) 13, Nr. 10.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Libya
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Tarhūnah
find spot:
modern region:
year of find:
1947

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
mile-/leaguestone
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
mile-/leaguestone
height:
(104) cm
width:
47 cm
letter size:
7-12 cm

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD059770
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2012-07-02 by Bodard
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