Description:
Three marble architrave blocks (h: 0.66 high) from the monumental inscription of the entablature of the Antonine Temple. Two of the blocks, from the angles of the building, are substantially complete. The third is fragmentary.  
Text:
Inscribed on the face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals line 1, 0.13; line 2, 0.105; lines 3-4, 0.095.  
Date:
A.D. 166-169 (titulature)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Antonine Temple 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
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) 
Imp(eratori) Caes[ari M(arco) Au]reḷị[o Antonino Aug(usto) Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico pontifici maximo tribunicia potestate [ - - - ] imp(eratori) [ - - - ] co(n)s(uli) [ - - - ] et]
Imp(eratori) Caesari Ḷ(ucio) [Aurelio Vero Aug(usto) Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico pontifici maximo tribunicia potestate [ - - - ] imp(eratori) [ - - - ] co(n)s(uli) [ - - - ] diui Pii filiis diui Hadriani] nepotib(us)
diui Traiani Pạ[rthici pronepotibus diui Neruae abnepotibus ·· ? ··]
M(anius) Acilius Glab[rio ·· ? ··]
IMPCAES[·········]RE··[·····················]
IMPCAESARI·[·······················]NEPOTIB
DIVITRAIANIP·[·································· ? ··]
MACILIVSGLAB[······ ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
Caes
<supplied reason="lost" >
ari
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Au
</supplied>
re
<unclear reason="damage" >
li
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Antonino
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Armeniaco
Parthico
maximo
Medico
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
pontifici
maximo
tribunicia
potestate
<num >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<num >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<num >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
</num>
et
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
Caesari
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
L
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Aurelio
Vero
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Armeniaco
Parthico
maximo
Medico
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
pontifici
maximo
tribunicia
potestate
<num >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<num >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<num >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
</num>
diui
Pii
filiis
diui
Hadriani
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
nepotib
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
diui
Traiani
P
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
rthici
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
pronepotibus
diui
Neruae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
abnepotibus
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
anius
</ex>
</expan>
Acilius
Glab
<supplied reason="lost" >
rio
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

1, Augusto Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico: The length of the line which can be calculated from the position of the blocks, necessitates the inclusion of these titles.

2, Augusto Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico: The length of the line which can be calculated from the position of the blocks, necessitates the inclusion of these titles.

Translation:

To Emperor Caesar [Marcus] Aurelius [Antoninus Augustus, victor in Armenia, greatest victor in Parthia, victor in Media, high priest, holding Tribunician power for the . . . time, acclaimed victor . . . times, consul for the . . . time, and] to Emperor Caesar Lucius [Aurelius Verus Augustus, victor in Armenia, greatest victor in Parthia, victor in Media, holding tribunician power for the . . . time, accaimed victor . . . times, consul for the . . . time, sons of deified Pius,] grandsons [of deified Hadrian, great grandsons] of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia, [great great grandsons of deified Nerva . . .] ; Manius Acilius Glab[rio . . .]

Commentary:

l. 4. Manius Acilius Glabrio was Cos. ord. 152 = PIR A 73. Presumably procos. Africae, though nowhere so attested.

The inscription belongs between the middle of 166 and the death of L. Verus in 169.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.22)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.22)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.23)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.23)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 844 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 844 Leica)

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