39. ?Dedication to Septimius Severus
- Description:
- Part of a marble panel (w: 0.36 x h: 0.35, no edge surviving).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face. Traces of red paint in the letters.
- Letters:
- Lapidary capitals: 0.07.
- Date:
- A.D. 198-211 (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)
Translation:
[To·· ? ··] wife of[·· ? ··] [the son of Lucius Septimius Severus] Pius, Pertinax, [Augustus, Victor in Arabia, Victor in Adiabene, greatest Victor in Parthia, grandson of deified Marcus], great grandson of deified Pius, [great great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great great grandson of deified Trajan], Victor in Parthia, [great great great great grandson of] deified [Nerva ·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment.
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