Imperial rescript from Tingi (Tangier)

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The artifact is preserved in the Musée la Kasbah des Cultures Méditerranéennes in Tangier (Morocco), it can be dated to the end of the 2nd century AD. The inscription records an imperial rescript, namely a response with legal validity issued by the imperial chancellery to settle a dispute. If the response was particularly favourable to the local élite, they could decide to transcribe it on stone to be displayed publicly. Although the surviving text is very limited, it is possible to understand that the rescript concerned the right of local senators to take possession of abandoned land.

[S]i bene res ḥomiṇ[— ex?] quo • dederat sacrasq[ue —] ordines • ṇ(ostri?) ịṭẹruṃ su[scipiant? —] aut sinẹ nullọ +++[—] [h]oc saltem fieri [— oportet? —] [ut?] quotiens ṛẹḷiqu[erit? —] [-3-]erius quemcum[que —] [per?]vides si ̣paṭẹr q̣ụ[—] [-3/4- vi?]̣cẹ f⌈u⌉ṇgeṇṭụṛ [—] [-ca.6-] ṿịcụṃ co+[—] [-ca.7-]̣PI+++C̣[—] [-ca.8-]s gravị[—] [-ca.8-] ḥịnc q[—] [-ca.12-]Ṛ+[—] [-ca.10-]++[—]