Interactive and searchable map of the city of Lepcis Magna, displaying the geographical distribution within the city scape of the late antique honorary and building inscriptions.

When translating a multi-faceted and multi-layered reality such as that of late antique Lepcis into a categorized environment, a certain level of simplification is needed, therefore reference to the written sources for detailed discussion remains indispensable (see I. Tantillo / F. Bigi, Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010; as the map itself is a simplified rendering of the city and its buildings, please refer to existing bibliography for detailed maps, e.g. R. Bianchi Bandinelli / E. Vergara Caffarelli / G. Caputo, Leptis Magna, Milano 1964).

The map features all public inscriptions – published so far – produced in Lepcis in the period between 250 and 420 ad (six minor fragments with insufficient data have been left out: HD059617; HD059642; HD059661; HD067591; HD067593; HD059436). It also includes a series of four monuments whose inscription is now lost but which can be nonetheless assigned to the same period (B.L.T. = Bases with Lost Text).

All the relevant data have been collected in a searchable database and grouped in ten fields.