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75. Dedication to third century emperor

Description:: Part of the left-hand side of a marble panel (w: 0.38 x h: 0.43).
Text:: Inscribed on one face.
Letters:: Third century capitals: 0.06.
Date:: Third century 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)

[Imp(eratori)] Caẹ [s(ari) ·· ? ·· Pio]
[Fe(- - -)]lic(i) inui[cto Aug(usto) ·· ? ··]
[po(- - -)]nt(ifici) maxi[mo ·· ? ··]
Val(erius) Clạ[udius ·· ? ··]
5numini maie[statique eius deuotissimus]
cur(ante) Luc̣[·· ? ··]

[····]CA·[···· ? ······]
[···]LICINVI[·········· ? ··]
[···]NTMAXI[····· ? ··]
VALCL·[········ ? ··]
5NVMINIMAIE[···························]
CVRLV·[·· ? ··]

<ab>

<expan>

<abbr>

Imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</unclear>

</abbr>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ari

</ex>

</supplied>

</expan>

Pio

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

</supplied>

<abbr>

lic

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

inui

cto

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usto

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

</supplied>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ifici

</ex>

</expan>

maxi

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

Val

</abbr>

<ex>

erius

</ex>

</expan>

</unclear>

udius

</supplied>

numini

maie

statique

</supplied>

eius

</supplied>

deuotissimus

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

cur

</abbr>

<ex>

ante

</ex>

</expan>

</unclear>

</ab>

Or L. V o [ ...

Translation:

To [Emperor] Caesar [·· ? ··Pius], Felix, unconquered, [Augustus, ·· ? ··], chief priest, [·· ? ··]; Valerius Claudius [·· ? ··, deeply devoted to his] divine power and majesty. Luc[·· ? ··] (or Lucius Vo[·· ? ··]) supervised (the project.)