67. Fragments from imperial titulature
- Description:
- Six fragments, all possibly from the same white marble panel. a) Top edge, surviving, w: 0.16 x h: 0.165. b) Top edge, surviving, w: 0.10 x h: 0.125. c) Top edge, surviving, w: 0.13 x h: 0.13. d) No edges surviving, w: 0.13 x h: 0.11. e) No edges surviving, w: 0.22 x h: 0.23 . f) No edges surviving, w: 0.12 x h: 0.14.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- Second to third centuries lapidary capitals: 0.08.
- Date:
- Second to early third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- 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)
abcdef
abcdef
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
fi
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
l
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
p
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="c"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
pi
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="d"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
o
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
al
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="e"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="line"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
ran
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
opra
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="f"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
es
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
v
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
g
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
b.1, Truncated. B or R may be read for P
c.1, Truncated. B or R may be read for Pf.2, Truncated. C may be read for G
Translation:
a. [·· ? ··] son [·· ? ··]; b-e (Not usefully translatable); f (The titles Caesar and Augustus.)
Commentary:
The style and material suggest an imperial dedication. Fragment (f) perhaps reads Imp. Caes .../... Aug ...
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