Provincia, in spaced-out black letters, spans columns 2,5 to 4,2 and is laid over the African section of the Tabula. It is often assumed the word prefixes Africa, making a phrase "Provincia Africa", but this seems unlikely. Firstly, Africa is written in red letters, not black. Secondly, most of the regional designations on the Tabula are purely geographical terms without the inclusion of any legal quality.
It seems far likelier that this label has floated away from its proper place, the region that Latin-speakers conventionally called Provincia: Provence. The correct location is marked in the drawing below in the fainter script.
This is a strange error, and it has a counterpart in the peculiarly small regional designation, Gallia Comata, in column 1,3. That region properly includes all the three Gauls north of Lyon, yet the label is shrunken and placed too low on the chart. More research will be required into these two anomalies.
It seems far likelier that this label has floated away from its proper place, the region that Latin-speakers conventionally called Provincia: Provence. The correct location is marked in the drawing below in the fainter script.
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