7. Dedication to Constans and Constantius II
- Description:
- The left side of a marble panel (surviving, w: 0.48 x h: 0.44).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Fourth century capitals: 0.065-0.070.
- Date:
- A.D. 340-350 (reign)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: Theatre
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Sabratha Museum.
- Bibliography:
- Not previously published. 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
extentmax="2"
/>
<orig
>
<unclear
reason=""
>
i
</unclear>
u
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
et
toto
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
orbe
uicto
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ribus
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ominis
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ostris
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
auio
</ex>
Iulio
C
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
onstante
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
et
</supplied>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
auio
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
I
</supplied>
ulio
Consta
<unclear
reason=""
>
n
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
tio
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<unclear
reason=""
>
H
</unclear>
erculis
<orig
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
lo
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<unclear
reason=""
>
h
</unclear>
orro
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="7"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
/>
3, DDNN
Translation:
To [the ·· ? ·· and] victors [throughout the whole world], our lords Flavius Julius Constans and Flavius Julius Constantius [·· ? ··]; of Hercules [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
Constans and Constantius were Augusti together from 340-350.
Photographs:
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