275. Votive to the Gods of Lepcis
- Description:
- Marble panel reconstructed from fragments (w: 0.51 x h: 0.49), the bottom right- hand corner missing.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- Second century A.D. capitals, with some Rustic forms: 0.40-0.035.
- Date:
- After A.D. 79 (deification of Vespasian)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Found in the Forum Vetus, near the Temple of Liber Pater
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Lepcis 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Dibus
Lepcis
Magnae
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
arcus
</ex>
Vipsanius
Clemens
redemtor
<lb
n="3"
/>
marmorarius
templi
Liberi
<lb
n="4"
/>
Patris
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
e
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ua
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ecunia
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
otum
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
oluit
</ex>
sub
cura
<lb
n="6"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uinti
</ex>
Seruili
Candidi
amatoris
patriae
<lb
n="7"
/>
amatoris
ciuium
ornatoris
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
patriae
</supplied>
<lb
n="8"
/>
flaminis
diui
Vespas
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
iani
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="8"
unit="character"
extentmax="9"
/>
Translation:
To the gods of Lepcis Magna, Marcus Vipsanius Clemens, marble-merchant, for the temple of Liber Pater, paid his vow at his own expenses; under the administration of Quintus Servilius Candidus, lover of his country, lover of the citizens, adorner of [his country], flamen (local priest) of the deified Vespasian [·· ? ··].
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