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    Bilingual Latin-Punic inscription at the theatre in Leptis Magna, Roman Africa (present-day Libya)

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    • English: This is the picture of one of the gates at the theatre at Leptis Magna/Libya, carved in between 1 and 2 CE. 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, father of the fatherland, Ornator of the fatherland, a lover of the goddess Concordia, priest of Sufes, prefect of the rites of Himilcho, the son of Tapapus, had this made with his own 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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