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25. Dedications to Annius Verus, Commodus and Lucilla

Description:: Three similar marble panels, presumably related to, and roughly contemporary with, 26. a) width × surviving ht. w: 0.63 x h: 0.50. b) width × surviving ht. w: 0.62 x h: 0.66. c) width × surviving ht. w: 0.63 x h: 0.46.
Text:: Inscribed on the face.
Letters:: a. Lapidary capitals: line 1, 0.10; line 2, 0.09; b. Lapidary capitals: line 1, 0.09; line 2, 0.08; line 3, 0.07; c. Lapidary capitals: line 1, 0.105; line 2, 0.09.
Date:: A.D. 164-166 (titulature)
Findspot:: Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
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)

M(arco) Annio
Vero Aug(usti) f(ilio)

L(ucio) Aurelio
Commodo
Aug(usti) f(ilio)

Lucillae
Aug(ustae)

MANNIO
VEROAVGF

LAVRELIO
COMMODO
AVGF

LVCILLAE
AVG

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<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

arco

</ex>

</expan>

Annio

Vero

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usti

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ilio

</ex>

</expan>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ucio

</ex>

</expan>

Aurelio

Commodo

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usti

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ilio

</ex>

</expan>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

Lucillae

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

ustae

</ex>

</expan>

</ab>

</div>

Translation:

a) To Marcus Annius Verus, son of Augustus

b) To Lucius Aurelius Commodus, son of Augustus

c) To Lucilla Augusta

Commentary:

These are all children of Marcus Aurelius. Lucilla received the title Augusta at her marriage with Lucius Verus c.164. The panels were presumably cut after that, but before October 166, when M. Annius Verus and Commodus received the title Caesar.