384. Dedication to Commodus
- Description:
- Seven fragments, all probably from the same large marble panel (0.03 thick). a) w: 0.26 x h: 0.185, no edges surviving. b) w: 0.195 x h: 0.185, no edges surviving. c) w: 0.11 x h: 0.25, no edges surviving. d) w: 0.13 x h: 0.17, no edges surviving. e) w: 0.12 x h: 0.18, no edges surviving. f) w: 0.15 x h: 0.265, last line of text. g) w: 0.19 x h: 0.175, no edges surviving.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- Mannered Rustic capitals: 0.12-0.13.
- Date:
- A.D. 117-192. (reign)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus; g. Found behind the Temple of Rome and Augustus. The exact findspot of the remainder is not recorded..
- 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)
abcdefg
abcdefg
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<ab>
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n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Anto
</supplied>
nino
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<div
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n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<expan>
<abbr>
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>
t
</supplied>
rib
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
unicia
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
pot
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
estate
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<div
type="textpart"
n="c"
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<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
i
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mp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratori
</ex>
<num
value="5"
>
<unclear
reason=""
>
</num>
V
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<orig
n="unresolved"
>
t
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<gap
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<div
type="textpart"
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>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
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<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
ci
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<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<orig
>
g
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<gap
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<div
type="textpart"
n="e"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
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/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
io
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
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<orig
>
a
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<gap
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extent="unknown"
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<div
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n="f"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<orig
>
ri
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<gap
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<div
type="textpart"
n="g"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
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/>
<gap
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
<unclear
reason=""
>
</orig>
o
</unclear>
Lep
<unclear
reason=""
>
c
</unclear>
<supplied
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>
itani
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<gap
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Translation:
( a.)[·· ? ··](to ) Antoninus [·· ? ··]
b.[·· ? ··]holding tribunician [power for the ? time·· ? ··]
c. [·· ? ··] acclaimed victor five (or up to nine) times [·· ? ··]
(d, e, f) not usefully translatable.
g.[·· ? ··] the Lepcitanians [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
Presumably Commodus; the style of lettering suggests Caracalla, but he was never imp. V.
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