323. Dedication to Augustus by Annobal Rufus

Description:
Lintel of grey limestone, (w: 4.64 x h: 1.03 x d: 0.54-0.29).  
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded tabella ansata (die, w: 4.00 x h: 0.64). Uniform with 321 and 322; the text is identical with that of 322. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: 0.157-0.12. 
Date:
A.D. 1-2 (reign, titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, found re-used and now replaced above the street door of the East dressing room.  
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
now replaced above the street door of the East dressing room 
Bibliography:
Caputo, Epigraphica (Rivista Italiana di Epigrafia), Milano, vol. I, 1939 II:l99.ff, fig. 16. 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(eratore) Caesare Diui f(ilio) Aug(usto) pont(ifice) max(imo) tr(ibunicia) pot(estate) XXIV
co(n)s(ule) XIII patre patr(iae)
Annobal ornator patriae amator concordiae flamen
sufes praef(ectus) sacr(orum) Himilchonis Tapapi [f(ilius)] Rufu[s] d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) fac(iendum) coer(auit) idemq(ue) dedicauit
IMPCAESAREDIVIFAVGPONTMAXTRPOTXXIV
COSXIIIPATREPATR
ANNOBALORNATORPATRIAEAMATORCONCORDIAEFLAMEN
SVFESPRAEFSACRHIMILCHONISTAPAPI[··]RVFV[··]DSPFACCOERIDEMQDEDICAVIT
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Imp
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Caesare
Diui
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ilio
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Aug
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usto
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pont
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max
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<ex>
imo
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tr
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ibunicia
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</expan>
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<abbr>
pot
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<ex>
estate
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<num value="24" >
XXIV
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co
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<ex>
n
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<abbr>
s
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<ex>
ule
</ex>
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<num value="13" >
XIII
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patre
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<abbr>
patr
</abbr>
<ex>
iae
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</expan>
<lb n="3" />
Annobal
ornator
patriae
amator
concordiae
flamen
<lb n="4" />
sufes
<expan>
<abbr>
praef
</abbr>
<ex>
ectus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
sacr
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orum
</ex>
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Himilchonis
Tapapi
<supplied reason="lost" >
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<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
Rufu
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
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<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
e
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ua
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ecunia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
fac
</abbr>
<ex>
iendum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
coer
</abbr>
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idemq
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ue
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dedicauit
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Translation:

When Emperor Caesar Augustus, son of the deified (Caesar), chief priest, (was) holding tribunician power for the twentyfourth time, consul for the thirteenth, father of the country, Annobal, adorner of his country, lover of concord, flamen (local priest), sufete, in charged of sacred things, son of Himilcho Tapapius Rufus, saw to the construction at his own expense and also dedicated it.

Commentary:

l. 1. trib. pot. XXIV - 1 July A.D. 1 - 30 June 2.

l. 4. Annobal Tapapius Rufus. See 319 , n. 8.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 270 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 270 Lastre)

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