375. Fragmentary building inscription under Antoninus Pius

Description:
Part af a marble panel reconstructed from fragments (w: 1.10 x h: 0.585 x d: 0.03, top and bottom edges survive). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: l. 1, 0.145; ll. 2-3, 0.135  
Date:
A.D. 138-161 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre.  
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(eratore) Caes(are) T(ito) Aelio Hadriano Antonino] Aug(usto) Pio pont(ifice) m[ax(imo) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] augur(is) IIuirị pṛ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]V sua pec(unia) marm[oribus ·· ? ··]
[····]AVGPIOPONTM[········· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]AVGVRIIVIR·P·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VSVAPECMARM[········· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
are
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
T
</abbr>
<ex>
ito
</ex>
</expan>
Aelio
Hadriano
Antonino
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Pio
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifice
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
<supplied reason="lost" >
ax
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
augur
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
uir
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
p
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<num value="5" >
V
</num>
sua
<expan>
<abbr>
pec
</abbr>
<ex>
unia
</ex>
</expan>
marm
<supplied reason="lost" >
oribus
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[When emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus] Augustus Pius was [chief] priest, [·· ? ··holding] tribunician [power for the ? time·· ? ·· (Name of a Lepcitanian in the genitive case) augur duovir pr[?aefectus·· ? ··] at his own expense [·· ? ··] with marbles [·· ? ··]]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1668)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1668)

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