Description:
Upper right-hand corner of a marble panel (w: 0.38 x h: 0.53).  
Text:
Inscribed on the panel face. 
Letters:
Third century capitals: 0.07-0.075. Plate I, 4.  
Date:
A.D. 270-275 (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) 
[Imp(eratori) C(- - -)]aes(ari) L(ucio) Do-
[mitio] Aureli-
[ano] Pio Fel(ici)
[Aug(usto) d(omino)] n(ostro) pont(ifici)
5 [max(imo) tri(- - -)]b(unicia) pote-
[st(ate) - - - p(atri) p(atriae)]
co(n)s(uli)
[---]
[······]AESLDO
[······]AVRELI
[····]PIOFEL
[······]NPONT
5[········]BPOTE
[······· - - - ··]
COS
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
</supplied>
<abbr>
aes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Do
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
mitio
</supplied>
Aureli
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ano
</supplied>
Pio
<expan>
<abbr>
Fel
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
omino
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ostro
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
tri
</abbr>
</supplied>
<abbr>
b
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pote
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
st
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
ate
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" extentmax="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
</ab>

Augustus 270-275.

Translation:

[To Emperor] Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus, Pius, Felix, [Augustus], our [lord, chief] priest, holding tribunician power [for the ? time father of the country], consul[·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 765 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 765 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 765 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 765 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)

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