26. Dedications to daughters of Marcus Aurelius
- Description:
- Three similar marble panels (w: 0.59-0.60 x h: 0.44), probably related to, and roughly contemporary with, 25.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Lapidary capitals: line 1, 0.115; line 2, 0.095.
- Date:
- A.D. 164-166 (titulature, comparison with 25)
- 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)
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Fadillae
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usti
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
iliae
</ex>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Cornificiae
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usti
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
iliae
</ex>
<div
type="textpart"
n="c"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Faustinae
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usti
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
iliae
</ex>
Translation:
a) To Fadilla, daughter of Augustus
b) To Cornificia, daughter of Augustus
c) To Faustina, daughter of Augustus
Commentary:
These are all daughters of Marcus Aurelius.
Photographs:
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