391. Dedication to Septimius Severus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.58 x h: 1.00 x d: 0.595) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.44 x h: 0.86).  
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.07-0.06. 
Date:
A.D. 201 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, in the cavea.  
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Aurigemma, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950, 74; L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.)1950:162 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(eratori) Caes(ari) L(ucio) Septimio
Seuero Pio Pertinac(i)
Aug(usto) Arabic(o) Adiaben(ico)
Parthico max(imo) pont(ifici)
5 max(imo) trib(unicia) potes(tate) VIIII
imp(eratori) XI co(n)s(uli) II p(atri) p(atriae) pro-
co(n)s(uli) Curia
Germanica
ex uoto statuit
IMPCAESLSEPTIMIO
SEVEROPIOPERTINAC
AVGARABICADIABEN
PARTHICOMAXPONT
5MAXTRIBPOTESVIIII
IMPXICOSIIPPPRO
COSCVRIA
GERMANICA
EXVOTOSTATVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
<lb n="2" />
Seuero
Pio
<expan>
<abbr>
Pertinac
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Arabic
</abbr>
<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Adiaben
</abbr>
<ex>
ico
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
Parthico
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
potes
</abbr>
<ex>
tate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="9" >
VIIII
</num>
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="11" >
XI
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pro
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
Curia
<lb n="8" />
Germanica
<lb n="9" />
ex
uoto
statuit
</ab>

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 ninth time, acclaimed victor eleven times, consul twice, father of the country, proconsul; the Curia Germanica set this up in accordance with a vow.

Commentary:

l. 5. trib. pot. VIIII - 10 Dec. 200 - 9 Dec. 201.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 262)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 262)

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