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Two Punic inscriptions from Roman Tripolitania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2019

Abdulhafid F. Elmayer
Abdulhafid F. Elmayer*
Affiliation:
College of Arts, University of Al-Fatah, Tripoli.
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Abstract

This article provides the edition and commentary of two Punic inscriptions of Roman imperial date from inland areas of Tripolitania. One is the first edition of a Punic funerary text written in Latin script from Bani Walid in the Werfalla district. The other is a discussion offering an alternative interpretation of two architectural blocks bearing a fragmentary dedication that were recovered from the vicinity of the mausoleum of Gasr Doga in the Tarhuna district. Both texts shed new light on aspects of the cultural dynamics of Libyco-Punic culture under Roman rule.

يقدم هذا المقال نسخة وتعليق على اثنتين من النقوش البونيقية تعود للفترة الإمبراطورية الرومانية من مناطق داخلية لتريبوليتانيا (إقليم طرابلس ). أحدهما هو النسخة الأولى لنص جنائزي بونيقي مكتوب بالخط اللاتيني من بني وليد بمنطقة ورفلة. والآخر عبارة عن مناقشة تقدم تفسيراً بديلاً لقطعتين معماريتين، تحملان تكريساً مجزأ، تم استعادتهما بالقرب من ضريح قصر دوغة بمنطقة ترهونة. يُلقي النصين الضوء على جوانب من الديناميكية الثقافية للثقافة الليبية-البونيقية في ظل الحكم الروماني .

Type
Part 2: Research Papers and Notes
Information
Libyan Studies , Volume 50 , November 2019 , pp. 147 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Libyan Studies 2019 

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