51. Dedication to Claudius Gothicus or Probus
- Description:
- The reverse face of 62, q.v., turned side to top (w: 0.30 x h: 0.34).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Third century capitals: 0.065-0.055.
- Date:
- A.D. 268-270 or A.D. 276-282 (either Claudius Gothicus or Probus).
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- Bartoccini, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950 I:52. 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"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
restitutor
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
i
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
orbis
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratori
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Caesa
</supplied>
ri
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
arco
</ex>
Aureli
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
o
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Pio
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Feli
</supplied>
ci
inuicto
<expan>
<abbr>
A
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</abbr>
ug
</supplied>
<ex>
</expan>
usto
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="7"
unit="character"
extentmax="8"
/>
Gothico
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Either Claudius Gothicus, Augustus 268-270, or Probus, Augustus 276-282.
Translation:
[·· ? ··] to [the] restorer of the world [·· ? ··] Emperor] Caesar Marcus Aurelius [·· ? ··], Pius,] Felix, unconquered, Augustus, [·· ? ··] conqueror of the Goths[·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment.
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