395. Dedication to Septimius Severus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.52 x h: 0.985 x d: 0.53) of brown limestone. Uniform with 424. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.34 x h: 0.79). 
Letters:
Rustic capitals:0.03. 
Date:
Between 10th Dec. A.D. 203 and 9th Dec. 204. (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: The Portico behind the Theatre, South side. 
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) 
Imp(eratori) C̣aeṣ(ari) diui Marci
Antonini Pii Ger(manici) Sarm(atici)
fil(io) diui Commodi frat(ri)
diui Antonini Pii
5 nep(oti) diui Hadriani pro-
nep(oti) diui Traiani Parth(ici)
abnepoti diui Neruae
adnepoti
L(ucio) Septimio Seuero Pio Pertina-
10c[i] Aug(usto) Arab(ico) Adiab(enico) Parth(ico)
max(imo) pont(ifici) max(imo) trib(unicia) pot(estate)
XII imp(eratori) XI co(n)s(uli) III p(atri) p(atriae) proco(n)s(uli)
p[ro]pagatori imperi ob cae-
l[est]em in se indulgentiam eius
15 D(ecimus) Cl[o]dius Galba proc(urator) reg(ionis) The-
uestinae et Hipponensis et
proc(urator) rationis priuat[a]e
per Flaminiam Aemiliam
Liguriam
IMP·AE·DIVIMARCI
ANTONINIPIIGERSARM
FILDIVICOMMODIFRAT
DIVIANTONINIPII
5NEPDIVIHADRIANIPRO
NEPDIVITRAIANIPARTH
ABNEPOTIDIVINERVAE
ADNEPOTI
LSEPTIMIOSEVEROPIOPERTINA
10C[··]AVGARABADIABPARTH
MAXPONTMAXTRIBPOT
XIIIMPXICOSIIIPPPROCOS
P[···]PAGATORIIMPERIOBCAE
L[····]EMINSEINDVLGENTIAMEIVS
15DCL[··]DIVSGALBAPROCREGTHE
VESTINAEETHIPPONENSISET
PROCRATIONISPRIVAT[··]E
PERFLAMINIAMAEMILIAM
LIGVRIAM
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
C
</unclear>
ae
<unclear reason="" >
s
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
diui
Marci
<lb n="2" />
Antonini
Pii
<expan>
<abbr>
Ger
</abbr>
<ex>
manici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Sarm
</abbr>
<ex>
atici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
diui
Commodi
<expan>
<abbr>
frat
</abbr>
<ex>
ri
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
diui
Antonini
Pii
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
nep
</abbr>
<ex>
oti
</ex>
</expan>
diui
Hadriani
<expan>
<abbr>
pro
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
nep
</abbr>
<ex>
oti
</ex>
</expan>
diui
Traiani
<expan>
<abbr>
Parth
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
abnepoti
diui
Neruae
<lb n="8" />
adnepoti
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
Seuero
Pio
Pertina
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
c
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Arab
</abbr>
<ex>
ico
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Adiab
</abbr>
<ex>
enico
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Parth
</abbr>
<ex>
ico
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="11" />
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pot
</abbr>
<ex>
estate
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="12" />
<num value="12" >
XII
</num>
<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="3" >
III
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="13" />
p
<supplied reason="lost" >
ro
</supplied>
pagatori
imperi
ob
cae
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
l
<supplied reason="lost" >
est
</supplied>
em
in
se
indulgentiam
eius
<lb n="15" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
ecimus
</ex>
</expan>
Cl
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
dius
Galba
<expan>
<abbr>
proc
</abbr>
<ex>
urator
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
reg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
The
<lb n="16" type="worddiv" />
uestinae
et
Hipponensis
et
<lb n="17" />
<expan>
<abbr>
proc
</abbr>
<ex>
urator
</ex>
</expan>
rationis
priuat
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
e
<lb n="18" />
per
Flaminiam
Aemiliam
<lb n="19" />
Liguriam
</ab>

Translation:

To Emperor Caesar, son of deified Marcus Antoninus Pius, victor in Germany, victor in Sarmatia, brother of deified Commodus, grandson of deified Antoninus Pius, great-grandson of deified Hadrian, great great grandson of defied Trajan, victor in Parthia, great great great grandson of deified Nerva, Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, Parthicus Maximus, greatest victor in Parthia, victor in Adiabene, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the twelfth time, acclaimed victor eleven times, consul three times, father of the country, proconsul , enlarger of the empire, on account of his godlike indulgence to him; Decimus Clodius Galba, equestrian agent of the emperor in the region of Theveste and Hippo, agent in charge of imperial private property in Flaminia, Aemilia and Liguria.

Commentary:

ll. 11-12. trib. pot. XII - 10 Dec. 203 - 9 Dec. 204.

l. 10. D. Clodius Galba. Also in 407, ll. 5-6; 424, ll. 13-17.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 135)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 135)

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