52. Dedication to Aurelian
- 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)
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Do
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mitio
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Aureli
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ano
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Pio
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Fel
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ici
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reason="lost"
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Aug
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usto
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d
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pont
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pote
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st
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<abbr>
p
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atriae
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co
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n
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<abbr>
s
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uli
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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:
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