30. ?Dedication to Commodus
- Description:
- Fragment of a marble panel (w: 0.155 x h: 0.23 x d: 0.15, no edges surviving).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the surviving face.
- Letters:
- Second century capitals: 0.075.
- Date:
- A.D. 178-192 (reign)
- 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
erator
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ar
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
arci
</ex>
Antonini
Pii
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
i
</ex>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
diui
Pii
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ep
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
diui
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
H
</supplied>
adr
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
iani
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
pron
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ep
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
diui
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Traiani
Parthici
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
abn
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ep
</ex>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
d
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
iui
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Neruae
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
adn
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ep
</ex>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uci
</ex>
Aeli
Aureli
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Co
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
mmod
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ust
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
4, Line 4 is represented by the upper parts only of two letters with rounded bowls.
Translation:
[Emperor Caesar (case unknown) [·· ? ··] son of Marcus Antonius Pius, grandson of deified Pius, great grandson of deified] Hadrian, great great grandson [of deified Trajan victor in Parthia], great great great grandson [of deified Nerva, Lucuis Aelius Aurelius] Commodus [Augustus ·· ? ··]
Commentary:
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