358. Building inscription of aqueduct under Hadrian

Description:
Pair of similar bases (w: 0.565 x h: 0.62 x d: 0.235) of brown limestone moulded at top and bottom of the outer and rear faces; rough on the flat inner face, from which a socket runs to the centre and extends into the upper face. 
Text:
Inscribed identically on one flat face. 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.05-0.035. 
Date:
A.D. 120 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, one on the stage and one in the cavea. 
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(erator) Caesar diui Traiani Parthici f(ilius)
diui Neruae n(epos) Traianus Hadrianus Aug(ustus)
pont(ifex) max(imus) trib(unicia) pot(estate) IIII co(n)s(ul) III
aquae aeternitati consuluit
5 Q(uintus) Seruilius Candidus pecunia sua perduxit
IMPCAESARDIVITRAIANIPARTHICIF
DIVINERVAENTRAIANVSHADRIANVSAVG
PONTMAXTRIBPOTIIIICOSIII
AQVAEAETERNITATICONSVLVIT
5QSERVILIVSCANDIDVSPECVNIASVAPERDVXIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
erator
</ex>
</expan>
Caesar
diui
Traiani
Parthici
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
diui
Neruae
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
epos
</ex>
</expan>
Traianus
Hadrianus
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustus
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifex
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pot
</abbr>
<ex>
estate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="4" >
IIII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ul
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="3" >
III
</num>
<lb n="4" />
aquae
aeternitati
consuluit
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uintus
</ex>
</expan>
Seruilius
Candidus
pecunia
sua
perduxit
</ab>

Translation:

Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, son of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia, grandson of deified Nerva, chief priest holding tribunician power for the fourth time, consul for the third, raised the question of permanent water supply. Quintus Servilius Candidus brought it at his own expense.

Commentary:

l. 3. trib. pot. IIII - 10 Dec 119 - 9 Dec. 120.

l. 4. Presumably a reference to the aqueduct built by Seruilius Candidus, see 357 , ll. 5- 6.

l. 5. Q. Serulius Candidus. Also in 275 , I. 5; 357 , l. 4; 359 , l. 3.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1622 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1622 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1615 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1615 Leica)

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