376. Dedication to Antoninus Pius
- Description:
- Moulded base (w: 1.00 x h: 1.42 x d: 0.80) of grey limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.425 x h: 0.50).
- Letters:
- Capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.04.
- Date:
- A.D. 138-161 (reign)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Theatre, in the centre of the orchestra.
- 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)
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratori
</ex>
Antonino
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usto
</ex>
Pio
<lb
n="3"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uintus
</ex>
Pompeius
<expan>
<abbr>
Quir
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ina tribu
</ex>
<lb
n="4"
/>
Saturninus
<lb
n="5"
/>
statuam
quam
<lb
n="6"
/>
pro
honore
<lb
n="7"
/>
aedilitatis
pro
<lb
n="8"
type="worddiv"
/>
misit
posuit
</ab>
Translation:
To emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius; Quintus Pompeius Saturninus, of the Roman voting tribe Quirina, set up the statue which he promised in return for the office of aedile.
Commentary:
No comment.
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