396. Fragmentary ?building inscription under Septemius Severus

Description:
Part of a marble panel, recomposed from fragents w: 3.80 x h: 0.95, left part missing). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Lettering: ll. 1-2, Rustic capitals, 0.05-0.06. The existing ll. 1-2 have been re-inscribed in the space from which a previous text, in honour of Commodus (see l. 5), has been erased. ll. 3-8: Second century A.D. capitals, 0.07-0.085.  
Date:
A.D. 198-210. (titulature)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Hadrianic Baths, in the Frigidarium and three fragments in Lepcis Museum. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, Le Terme di Lepcis (Afrika Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, IV), Bergamo, 1929, 79ff., pl. VIII b. 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
[·· ? ·· Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) L(uci) Septimi S]eue[ri Pii Pertinacis Aug(usti) Arabici A]diaben[ici Par]thici maximi [pontificis max]imi [tribunici]ae potes[tati]s X̣[ - - - ] imp[eratoris(?) co(n)s(ulis) p(atris)(?)] p(atriae) et I[mp(eratoris)]
[Caes(aris) M(arci) Aurelli Antonini ·· ? ·· et I]uliae [Augu]ṣtae [matris Augusti et cas]tror[um totiusque] diuinae domus
[·· ? ··] Rusoṇianus fl[am(en)] augur IIuir q(uin)q(uennalis) cellam f[rigi]darii et [··]ry (sic)
[·· ? ··] ṛui[na con]labsas [e]x pollicitatione m[un]eris gladiato[ri] o]ḅ honorem
5 [quinquennalita]ṭis p[·· 6-7··] permissu sacratiss[imi pr]incipis diui M(arci) Antonin[i f(ili)] a fundamentis
[·· ? ··] marmoribus et co[l]umnis exornauit stat[u]am Aesculapii nouam
[·· ? ·· res]tituit ceter[as] refe[c]it ex [multi]s aliis [m]une[ribu]s rei p(ublicae) suae conlatis et
[·· ? ··]uli nomine ụị[ - - - ]itị[·· ? ··]
b

(Fragment of uncertain position )

[·· ? ··]ḅus [·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ················]EVE[································]DIABEN[········]THICIMAXIMI[···············]IMI[··········]AEPOTES[·····]S·[ - - - ]IMP[·········(?)···(?)]PETI[············]
[······· ? ·······]VLIAE[·····]·TAE[···········]TROR[·············]DIVINAEDOMVS
[·· ? ··]RVSO·IANVSFL[······]AVGVRIIVIRQQCELLAMF[·····]DARIIET[··]RY(sic)
[·· ? ··]·VI[·······]LABSAS[··]XPOLLICITATIONEM[···]ERISGLADIATO[···]··]·HONOREM
5[···············]·ISP[·· 6-7··]PERMISSVSACRATISS[·······]INCIPISDIVIMANTONIN[····]AFVNDAMENTIS
[·· ? ··]MARMORIBVSETCO[··]VMNISEXORNAVITSTAT[··]AMAESCVLAPIINOVAM
[·· ? ······]TITVITCETER[···]REFE[··]ITEX[······]SALIIS[··]VNE[·····]SREIPSVAECONLATISET
[·· ? ··]VLINOMINE··[ - - - ]IT·[·· ? ··]
b

(Fragment of uncertain position )

[·· ? ··]·VS[·· ? ··]
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<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Septimi
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S
</supplied>
eue
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ri
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pii
Pertinacis
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<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
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<supplied reason="lost" >
Arabici
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<supplied reason="lost" >
A
</supplied>
diaben
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ici
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Par
</supplied>
thici
maximi
<supplied reason="lost" >
pontificis
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
max
</supplied>
imi
<supplied reason="lost" >
tribunici
</supplied>
ae
potes
<supplied reason="lost" >
tati
</supplied>
s
<num >
<unclear reason="" >
X
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="2" />
</num>
imp
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
eratoris
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ulis
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atris
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
et
<expan>
<abbr>
I
<supplied reason="lost" >
mp
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arci
</ex>
</expan>
Aurelli
Antonini
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
et
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
I
</supplied>
uliae
<supplied reason="lost" >
Augu
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
s
</unclear>
tae
<supplied reason="lost" >
matris
Augusti
et
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
cas
</supplied>
tror
<supplied reason="lost" >
um
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
totiusque
</supplied>
diuinae
domus
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
Ruso
<unclear reason="" >
n
</unclear>
ianus
<expan>
<abbr>
fl
<supplied reason="lost" >
am
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
en
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
augur
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
uir
<expan>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uin
</ex>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uennalis
</ex>
</expan>
cellam
f
<supplied reason="lost" >
rigi
</supplied>
darii
et
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
ry
<note>
sic
</note>
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<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
ui
<supplied reason="lost" >
na
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
con
</supplied>
labsas
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
x
pollicitatione
m
<supplied reason="lost" >
un
</supplied>
eris
gladiato
<supplied reason="lost" >
ri
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
b
</unclear>
honorem
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
quinquennalita
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
t
</unclear>
is
p
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" extentmax="7" />
permissu
sacratiss
<supplied reason="lost" >
imi
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
pr
</supplied>
incipis
diui
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arci
</ex>
</expan>
Antonin
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ili
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
a
fundamentis
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
marmoribus
et
co
<supplied reason="lost" >
l
</supplied>
umnis
exornauit
stat
<supplied reason="lost" >
u
</supplied>
am
Aesculapii
nouam
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
res
</supplied>
tituit
ceter
<supplied reason="lost" >
as
</supplied>
refe
<supplied reason="lost" >
c
</supplied>
it
ex
<supplied reason="lost" >
multi
</supplied>
s
aliis
<supplied reason="lost" >
m
</supplied>
une
<supplied reason="lost" >
ribu
</supplied>
s
rei
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ublicae
</ex>
</expan>
suae
conlatis
et
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
uli
nomine
<unclear reason="" >
ui
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="2" />
it
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<note>
Fragment of uncertain position
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
b
</unclear>
us
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a.[·· ? ··of Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius] Severus [Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia], victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, chief [priest], holding [tribunician] power for (at least) ten times, acclaimed victor [·· ? ·· times, consul] [·· ? ·· times father] of the country, and of Emperor [Caesar Marcus Aurellius Antoninus] and of Julia Augusta [mother of Augustus and] of the camps [and of the whole] divine household, [·· ? ··] Rusonianus, flamen (priest), augur (priest) quinquennial duovir [gave] the main chamber of the cold bath and [·· ? ··] which had collapsed in ruins, instead of the gladiatorial show promised on account of the office of the quinquennial duumvirate [·· ? ··] with the permission of the most sacred emperor, son of deified Marcus Antoninus, from the foundations [·· ? ··]; he adorned it with marbles and columns, [gave] a new statue of Aesculapius, restored [·· ? ··] others new among many other generous gifts made to his city and [·· ? ··] in the name [·· ? ··].

b. (Not usefully translatable)

Commentary:

a) l. 1. trib. pot. X?. After 202; but VI or VII possible - 198 (after the assumption of the title Parthicus) - 9 Dec. 199.

a) l. 5. M. Antoninus filius. This is Commodus.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 250 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 250 Lastre)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.27)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.27)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.28)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.28)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.31)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.31)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.16)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.16)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.16)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.16)

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