- Description:
-
Fragments of a marble panel, 0.025 thick.
a) w: 0.215 x h: 0.255
b) w: 0.24 x h: 0.155
c) w: 0.42 x h: 0.43
d) w: 0.15 x h: 0.21
e) w: 0.25 x h: 0.34
f) w: 0.23 x h: 0.19
g) w: 0.26 x h: 0.17
h) w: 0.25 x h: 0.24
i) w: 0.13 x h: 0.125
j) not measurable
k) w: 0.09 x h: 0.07
l) w: 0.11 x h: 0.12
Fragments a) to d) upper edge.
Fragments e) and f) no edges surviving.
Fragments g) and h) no edges surviving.
Fragments i) and j) no edges surviving.
Fragments k ) and l) no edges surviving.
- Text:
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Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
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Elaborate capitals:
Fragments a) to d): 0.135
Fragments e) and f):0.135.
Fragments g) and h): 0.145.
Fragments i) and j) : 0.11
Fragments k ) and l): lettering not measurable:
- Date:
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A.D. 201 or 202
(titulature)
- Findspot:
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Lepcis Magna:
All found in the Punic Market, except a) found in the portico behind the Theatre.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Lepcis Museum.
- Bibliography:
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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)
a
[·· ? ··
H]adr[iani
·· ? ··]
bc
[·· ? ··]
[Pa]rth(ic-)
m[axim·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]
[A]ug(ust-)
feli[·· ? ··]
de
[·· ? ··
tribunicia potestate
- - - ]X
imp(erator-)
X[ - - - ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]
[A]ug(ust-)
A[rabic·· ? ··]
fghijkl
a
[·· ? ····]ADR[······· ? ··]
bc
[·· ? ··][···]RTHM[······· ? ··]
[·· ? ··][··]VGFELI[·· ? ··]
de
[·· ? ·············
- - - ]XIMP
X[ - - - ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··][··]VGA[········ ? ··]
fghijkl
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
H
</supplied>
adr
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
iani
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
s
po
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="c"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Pa
</supplied>
rth
</abbr>
</expan>
m
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
axim
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
A
</supplied>
ug
</abbr>
</expan>
feli
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="d"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
max
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
im
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="e"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
tribunicia
potestate
</supplied>
<num
>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
extentmax="3"
/>
X
</num>
<num
>
X
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
extentmax="3"
/>
</num>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
A
</supplied>
ug
</abbr>
</expan>
A
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
rabic
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="f"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="g"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
er
a
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="h"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="i"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="j"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="k"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="l"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
Translation:
a.[·· ? ··] of Hadrian[·· ? ··]
b. (Not usefully translatable)
(
c-e)[·· ? ··]holding tribunician power [for the] ?tenth time [·· ? ··]
greatest victor in Parthia[·· ? ··]
[A]ugustus (case not known)[victor
in A]rabia[·· ? ··]
f-l. (Not usefully translatable)
Commentary:
e) l. 1. Probably Septimius Severus in 201 (trib. pot. IX imp. XI) or 202 (trib. pot. X imp. XI).
The elaborate, fine-quality lettering is unusual and would more naturally be Commodan; it can hardly be later
than Severus.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.22)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVI.15)
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