374. Fragmentary building inscription under Antoninus Pius
- Description:
- Two fragments of a marble panel: a) w: 0.45 x h: 0.46, upper edge. b) w: 0.14 x h: 0.13, lower edge.
- Text:
- Inscribed within a moulded border.
- Letters:
- Second century A.D. lapidary capitals: l. 1, 0.05; ll. 2, 4, 5 and 6, 0.045; l. 3, 0.04.
- Date:
- A.D. 138-161. (reign)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Fragment a) is stated by Bartoccini to have been found in the Hadrianic Baths, but it was later stored in the Forum Vetus. Fragment b) was found in the Forum Vetus.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Lepcis Museum.
- Bibliography:
- R. Bartoccini, Le Terme di Lepcis (Afrika Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, IV), Bergamo, 1929, 90ff.. 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
[Imp(eratore) Caesar]e
diui Hadriani
fil(io)
[diui Traiani nepote]
[diui Nerua]e pron(epote) T(ito) Aelio Had[riano Antonino Aug(usto) Pio]
[pontifice ma]ximo tribunicia [potestate ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· H]aterianus fla[men ·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ·· r]em publica[m ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]it[···] pṛ[·· ? ··]
b
[diui Nerua]e pron(epote) T(ito) Aelio Had[riano Antonino Aug(usto) Pio]
[pontifice ma]ximo tribunicia [potestate ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· H]aterianus fla[men ·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ·· r]em publica[m ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]it[···] pṛ[·· ? ··]
a
[···········]EDIVIHADRIANIFIL[·····]
[···········]EPRONTAELIOHAD[···············]
[·············]XIMOTRIBVNICIA[············ ? ··]
[·· ? ····]ATERIANVSFLA[······ ? ··]
5[·· ? ····]EMPVBLICA[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]IT[···]P·[·· ? ··]
b
[···········]EPRONTAELIOHAD[···············]
[·············]XIMOTRIBVNICIA[············ ? ··]
[·· ? ····]ATERIANVSFLA[······ ? ··]
5[·· ? ····]EMPVBLICA[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]IT[···]P·[·· ? ··]
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratore
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Caesar
</supplied>
e
diui
Hadriani
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
io
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
diui
Traiani
nepote
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
diui
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Nerua
</supplied>
e
<expan>
<abbr>
pron
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
epote
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
T
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ito
</ex>
Aelio
Had
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
riano
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Antonino
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usto
</ex>
Pio
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
pontifice
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ma
</supplied>
ximo
tribunicia
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
potestate
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
H
</supplied>
aterianus
fla
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
men
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
r
</supplied>
em
publica
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
m
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
it
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
p
<unclear
reason=""
>
r
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="8"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
m
</supplied>
armori
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
bus
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Translation:
a.[When emperor Caesar] Titus Aelius Hadrian [Antoninus Augustus Pius], son of deified Hadrian, [grandson of deified Trajan], great grandson [of deified Nerva], chief [priest], was holding tribunician [power for the ? time·· ? ··] Haterianus (nominative case) flamen (priest)[·· ? ··] the republic (accusative case)[·· ? ··]
b.[·· ? ··] with marbles [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment.
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