53. Dedication to Tacitus

Description:
Fragment from the upper left-hand corner of a dark grey marble panel (w: 0.175 x h: 0.10).  
Text:
Inscribed on the panel face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: 0.06. 
Date:
A.D. 275-278 (reign).  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Findspot unrecorded 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum. 
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(erator-) [Caes(ar-) M(arc-) Claudi]
Taci[t Pi Feli Aug(ust-)]
[---]
IMP[·····]
TACI[·····]
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
erator
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ar
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arc
</ex>
</expan>
Claudi
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
Taci
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pi
Feli
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ust
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
</ab>

Translation:

Emperor [Caesar Marcus Claudius] Tacitus [Pius Felix Augustus·· ? ··] ( case unknown)

Commentary:

Augustus 275-278.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 906 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 906 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 823 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 823 Leica)

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