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  • English: This is the picture of one of the gates at the theatre at Leptis Magna/Libya. The Latin inscription (IRT 321, KAI 121) is:
IMP(eratore) CAESARE DIVI F(ilio) AUG(usto) PONT(ifice) MAX(imo) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) XXIV CO(n)S(ule) XIII PATRE PATR(iae)
ANNOBAL RUFUS ORNATOR PATRIAE AMATOR CONCORDIAE
FLAMEN SUFES PRAEF(ectus) SACR(orum) HIMILCHONIS TAPAPI F(ilius) D(e) S(ua) P(ecunia) FAC(iendum) COER(avit)
IDEMQ(ue) DEDICAVIT

The neo-punic inscription (KAI 121) is:

חנבעל מישקל ארץ מחב דעת התמת זבח שפט אדר
עזרם בן חמלכת טבחפי ראפס בן ארם בתם פעל ואיקדש

It translates to English:

"Emperor Caesar, the son of the divine Augustus, the supreme pontiff, the 24th power, the 13th consul, the father of the country a noble red dresser of the country, a lover of Concordia the flamen Sufes, the governor of the sacred Himilchon, the son of Tapapi, tried to do with his money and dedicated the same"
  • Español: Inscripción de las puertas del teatro de Leptis Magna (Libia, correspondiente con AE 1938, 3 ; AE 1948, 6adn. ; AE 1998, 1513adn. ; IRT 321 : Imp(eratore) Caesare Divi f(ilio) Aug(usto) pont(ifice) max(imo) tr(ibunicia) pot(estate) XXIV co(n)s(ule) XIII patre patr(iae)/ Annobal Rufus ornator patriae amator concordiae/ flamen sufes praef(ectus) sacr(orum) Himilchonis Tapapi f(ilius) d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) fac(iendum) coer(avit)/ idemq(ue) dedicavit
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Bilingual Latin-Punic inscription at the theatre in Leptis Magna, Roman Africa (present-day Libya)

inception

5 October 2007

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0.004 second

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18 millimetre

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