283. Dedication to the Genius of Lepcis
- Description:
- Text:
- Re-inscribed over the partially erased text of 423, q.v.
- Letters:
- Late form of Rustic capitals, mid third century: l.1 0.08; l. 2, 0.06; ll. 3- 4, 0.05.
- Date:
- Mid third century A.D. (lettering, context)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, South side.
- 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Genio
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
col
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
oniae
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Sept
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
imiae
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Lepc
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
is
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Mag
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
nae
</ex>
<lb
n="3"
/>
felicis
<lb
n="4"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ecreto
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
plendidissimi
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
o
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
rdinis
</ex>
Translation:
To the Genius of the colony, Septimia Lepcis Magna, the fortunate. By decree of the most splendid city-council.
Commentary:
No comment.
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