468. Building inscription under Constantine I and Licinius

Description:
Part of a marble panel (w: 1.48 x h: 0.68 x d: 0.02). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: av. 0.05; 1. 12, 0.02. 
Date:
A.D. 317-323 (reigns) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Punic Market, more than 50 fragments found. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Now recomposed in Lepcis Museum. 
Bibliography:
Aurigemma, Atti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia: Rendiconti XV:117 ff., fig, 6; L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.) 1948:40. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
Quod inter cetera ciuitatis Lepcimagnensium
moenia quae cum sui magnitudine et splendo-
re concordant etiam porticuum macelli in rui-
nam [la]ḅemque conuersam remanere nudam
5 ult[·· c. 15··]ẹneret quod esset in usu
ac f[·· c. 20··] hort[a]nte clemen-
ṭịạ [·· c. 9·· d(ominorum)] n(ostrorum) et F[l(aui)] Cons[t]antini max(imi)
[et Val(eri) Licini et Fl(aui) Cri]spi et Fl(aui) [Cl]aud[i Con]stantini
et F[l(aui) Val(eri) Licini] [no]b(i)l(ium) Caes(arum) [·· 9··]te ac dedicante
10Laenatio Romulo [u(iro) p(erfectissimo) p(raeside) p(rouinciae) Tripol(itanae)]
[·· 7·· amp]liorem [·· 11··]am gratiam et pulchritu-
[dinem ·· ? ··] sum(p)ti[bus ·· 11·· admin]istra[t]is
QVODINTERCETERACIVITATISLEPCIMAGNENSIVM
MOENIAQVAECVMSVIMAGNITVDINEETSPLENDO
RECONCORDANTETIAMPORTICVVMMACELLIINRVI
NAM[···]·EMQVECONVERSAMREMANERENVDAM
5VLT[·· c. 15··]·NERETQVODESSETINVSV
ACF[·· c. 20··]HORT[··]NTECLEMEN
···[·· c. 9····]NETF[······]CONS[··]ANTINIMAX
[·······]SPIETFL[···]AVD[······]STANTINI
ETF[··········][···]BLCAES[·· 9··]TEACDEDICANTE
10LAENATIOROMVLO[··]
[·· 7······]LIOREM[·· 11··]AMGRATIAMETPVLCHRITV
[········ ? ··]SVMTI[······ 11········]ISTRA[··]IS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Quod
inter
cetera
ciuitatis
Lepcimagnensium
<lb n="2" />
moenia
quae
cum
sui
magnitudine
et
splendo
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
re
concordant
etiam
porticuum
macelli
in
rui
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
nam
<supplied reason="lost" >
la
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
b
</unclear>
emque
conuersam
remanere
nudam
<lb n="5" />
ult
<gap reason="lost" extent="15" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<unclear reason="" >
e
</unclear>
neret
quod
esset
in
usu
<lb n="6" />
ac
f
<gap reason="lost" extent="20" unit="character" precision="circa" />
hort
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
nte
clemen
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
<unclear reason="" >
tia
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="9" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ominorum
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ostrorum
</ex>
</expan>
et
<expan>
<abbr>
F
<supplied reason="lost" >
l
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
aui
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
Cons
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
antini
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="8" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
et
<expan>
<abbr>
Val
</abbr>
<ex>
eri
</ex>
</expan>
Licini
et
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
aui
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Cri
</supplied>
spi
et
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
aui
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Cl
</supplied>
aud
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Con
</supplied>
stantini
<lb n="9" />
et
<expan>
<abbr>
F
<supplied reason="lost" >
l
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
aui
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Val
</abbr>
<ex>
eri
</ex>
</expan>
Licini
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
no
</supplied>
b
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
<abbr>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
ium
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
arum
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="9" unit="character" />
te
ac
dedicante
<lb n="10" />
Laenatio
Romulo
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iro
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
erfectissimo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
raeside
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
rouinciae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Tripol
</abbr>
<ex>
itanae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="11" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
amp
</supplied>
liorem
<gap reason="lost" extent="11" unit="character" />
am
gratiam
et
pulchritu
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
dinem
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
sum
</abbr>
<ex>
p
</ex>
<abbr>
ti
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
bus
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="11" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
admin
</supplied>
istra
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
is
</ab>

7, [DDDD] NNNN or [DDDDD N]NNNN. The inscription must have been cut between 317 and 323, when there were two Augusti and three Caesares; see Aurigemma. op. cit.

9, [NO]BLL CAESS.

Translation:

Because among other affairs of the city of the Lepcimagnensians the walls which ?are appropriate to its size and splendour, also the portico of the market [fallen] into ruin and destruction to remain bare [·· ? ··] which was in use and [·· c. 20 ··] with encouragement from the clemency [·· c. 9 ··] of our [lords Flavius] Constantinus the very great [and Valerius Licinius and Flavius] Crispus and Flavius Claudius Constantinus and Flavius [Valerius Licinius] noble Caesars; [·· ? ··] and dedicating Laenatius Romulus [excellent man ( i.e. equestrian), governor of the province of Tripolitania·· ? ··] fuller [?and] grace and beauty [·· ? ··] ? with the costs [·· ? ··] having been administered.

Commentary:

l. 10. Laenatius Romulus. Also in 101, ll. 1-8; 467, l. 7; 574, ll. 1-12.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 764)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 764)

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