388. Dedication to Septimius Severus
- Description:
- Rectangular base (w: 0.46 x h: 0.90 x d: 0.50) of compact grey-brown limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.24 x h: 0.75).
- Letters:
- Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.03.
- Date:
- A.D. 198 (titulature)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, at the South East angle.
- 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>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratori
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ari
</ex>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ucio
</ex>
Septimio
Seuero
<lb
n="3"
/>
Pio
Pertinaci
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usto
</ex>
<lb
n="4"
/>
Arabico
Adiabenico
<lb
n="5"
/>
Parthico
maximo
<lb
n="6"
/>
pontifici
maximo
<lb
n="7"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
unicia
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
potest
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ate
</ex>
<num
value="6"
>
VI
</num>
<lb
n="8"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratori
</ex>
<num
value="11"
>
XI
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
uli
</ex>
<num
value="2"
>
II
</num>
<lb
n="9"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
atri
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
atriae
</ex>
<lb
n="10"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
arcus
</ex>
Vlpius
Cerealis
<lb
n="11"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
proc
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
urator
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
<am>
</abbr>
g
</am>
<ex>
</expan>
ustorum
</ex>
<lb
n="12"
/>
deuotissimus
numini
eius
<lb
n="13"
/>
posuit
11, AVGG.
Translation:
To Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, Victor in Arabia, Victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the sixth time, acclaimed victor eleven times, consul twice, father of the country, Marcus Ulpius Cerealis, equestrian agent of the Augusti, deeply devoted to his divine power, set this up.
Commentary:
l. 7. trib. pot. VI - 10 Dec. 197 - 9 Dec. 198.
l. 10. M. Ulpius Ceralis. Also in 440, l. 8.
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