352. Fragmentary building dedication to Trajan

Description:
Fragments of a panel of white marble (together, height 0.37). 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border 
Letters:
Lettering: ll. 1-3, Second century A.D. capitals; ll, 0.06; l. 2, 0.035; l. 3, 0.045; ll. 4-6, Rustic capitals; l. 4, 0.045; l. 5. 0.04; l. 6, 0.035. 
Date:
A.D. 101-103 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Findspot unrecorded 
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) 
a

( ll. 1- 5: )

[Imp(eratore) Caesar]e diui N[eruae f(ilio)] Ṇ[e]ṛua T[rai]ạṇ[o Augusto]
Germ(anico) pont(ifice) [max(imo)] tri[b(unicia) pot(estate) [ - - - ]] co(n)s(ule) IIII p(atre) [p(atriae)]
[·· ? ··]s M(arci) f(ilius) Quir(ina tribu) Seue[rus f]lame[n] diui Clau[di]
[·· ? ··]m basilicae maioris ạ[mpl]iores [·· c. 4··]ṣịṭ [·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ··]icae ther[ma ·· ? ··]
b

( ll. 4-6: )

[·· ? ·· amplius adi]ẹctis (sestertiis) [·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ·· p]orticus [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]Ṭ[·· ? ··]
c

( ll 5-6 )

[·· ? ··]A[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]Ị ampliu[s ·· ? ··]
d

( ll 5-6 )

[·· ? ··]ỊṢ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] XX m[ilia nummum ·· ? ··]
a

( ll. 1- 5: )

[···········]EDIVIN[········]·[··]·VAT[····]··[··········]
GERMPONT[····]TRI[······]COSIIIIP[··]
[·· ? ··]SMFQVIRSEVE[······]LAME[··]DIVICLAV[···]
[·· ? ··]MBASILICAEMAIORIS·[····]IORES[·· c. 4··]···[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··]ICAETHER[····· ? ··]
b

( ll. 4-6: )

[·· ? ··············]·CTIS·[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ····]ORTICVS[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]·[·· ? ··]
c

( ll 5-6 )

[·· ? ··]A[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]·AMPLIV[···· ? ··]
d

( ll 5-6 )

[·· ? ··]··[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]XXM[·············· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<note>
ll. 1- 5:
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Caesar
</supplied>
e
diui
N
<supplied reason="lost" >
eruae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilio
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
N
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
ua
T
<supplied reason="lost" >
rai
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
an
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Augusto
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Germ
</abbr>
<ex>
anico
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifice
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
tri
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
b
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
pot
</abbr>
<ex>
estate
</ex>
</expan>
<num >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
</num>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ule
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="4" >
IIII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atre
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
s
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arci
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Quir
</abbr>
<ex>
ina tribu
</ex>
</expan>
Seue
<supplied reason="lost" >
rus
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
f
</supplied>
lame
<supplied reason="lost" >
n
</supplied>
diui
Clau
<supplied reason="lost" >
di
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
m
basilicae
maioris
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
mpl
</supplied>
iores
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<unclear reason="" >
sit
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
icae
ther
<supplied reason="lost" >
ma
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<note>
ll. 4-6:
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
amplius
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
adi
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
e
</unclear>
ctis
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<unclear reason="" >
<g type="sestertius" > </g>
</unclear>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
sestertiis
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
p
</supplied>
orticus
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
t
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<note>
ll 5-6
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
a
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
</orig>
ampliu
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<note>
ll 5-6
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
is
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<num value="20" >
XX
</num>
m
<supplied reason="lost" >
ilia
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
nummum
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

c.1, or m

Translation:

a. When [emperor Caesar], son of deified Nerva, Nerva T[raj]an [Augustus] Germanicus was [chief] priest, held tribunician [power for the ? time], consul for the fourth, father [of the country·· ? ··] Severus, son of Marcus, of the Roman voting tribe Quirina, flamen (priest) of deified Claudius, [·· ? ··] enlarged [the·· ? ··and the·· ? ··] of the greater basilica [·· ? ··] ? the hot water bath [·· ? ··]

b.[·· ? ··] adding [·· ? ··] sesterces [·· ? ··] the porticoes [·· ? ··]

(c. l.2) [·· ? ··]greater[·· ? ··]

(d. l.2)[·· ? ··] twenty thousand [sesterces·· ? ··]

Commentary:

a) l. 2. cos. IIII - Jan. 101 - 31 Dec. 102.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.33)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.33)

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