44. Dedication to Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea by Sabratha
- Description:
- Two sections of a marble panel (w: 0.31 x h: 0.73 and w: 0.20 x h: 0.73).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- Lapidary capitals: 0.07-0.06.
- Date:
- A.D. 222-235 (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)
2diui M[agni Antonini fili]
〚Imp(eratoris)〛 〚C[aes(aris) M(arci) Aureli Seueri]〛
〚Alex[andri] Pii F[elicis Augusti]〛
5〚pon[tificis ma]ximi [tribunicia]〛
〚pote[state - - - ] co(n)s(ulis) [ - - - p(atris) p(atriae) et]〛
〚Iulia[e Mamaeae matris Aug(usti)]〛
et ca[strorum et Senatus et patriae]
Sa[brathenses publice]
4, Felix Augustus: 222-235.
3-4, Erased with continuous horizontal strokes after his death in 235.
Translation:
[·· ? ·· of the son] of deified [Antoninus] M[agnus], Emperor Caesar [Marcus Aurelius Severus] Alexander, Pius, Felix, [Augustus], chief priest,holding [tribunician] power [for the ? time], consul [? times, father of the country and of] Julia [Mamaea, mother of Augustus] and of the camps [and of the senate and of the country]; the people of Sabratha (set this up publicly).
Commentary:
No comment.
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