- Description:
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Fragments of two or more uniform panels of grey marble ( w: not calculable x h: 0.405 x d: 0.041).
The surviving dimensions correspond exactly to those of the recess which contained the dedicatory inscription
of the quadruple tetrapylon
base in the Portico behind the Theatre, a monument of the characteristic Severan materials and workmanship,
which may be conjectured
to have been dedicated to Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta.
Some of the surviving fragments, here attributed to Septimius Severus and Caracalla, could equally well refer
to any of the four members of the Severan dynasty.
- Text:
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Inscribed within a moulded border.
- Letters:
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Rustic capitals: 0.09.
- Date:
-
A.D. 198-209
(reign)
- Findspot:
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Lepcis Magna:
Found in or near the Theatre.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- 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:
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Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
a
Imp[(eratori)
Caes(ari)]
diu[i Marci
filio]
diu[i Antonini Pii
nepoti
diui H]adrian[i
pr]onep[oti
diui Traiani Parthici
abnepoti diui]
Ṇ[eruae
adnepoti
L(ucio) Septimio Seuero Pio Pertinaci]
Aug(usto)
[Arab]ico A[diabenico
Parthico
m]axim[o
Lepticani
pu]bli[ce]
b
[I]mp(eratoris)
[C]aes(aris)
L(uci)
Ṣẹp̣t[im]i Seueri Pii
Pert(inacis)
[Au]g̣(usti)
Arab(ici)
[Adiab(enici)
Parth(ici)
max(imi)
fil(lio)
diui Marci
nep(oti)
diui Pii
pronep(oti)
diui Hadriani
abnepo(oti)]
diui Traiani Part[hi]ci
et
di[ui Neruae
adnep(oti)
Imp(eratori)
Caes(ari)
M(arco) Aurellio Antonino
Aug(usto) Parthico maximo
Lepcitani] publice
a
IMP[·············]DIV[··············]DIV[·····························]ADRIAN[·····]ONEP[··············]
·[···············]AVG[·····]ICOA[·····················]AXIM[···············]BLI[···]
b
[··]MP[··]AESL···T[···]ISEVERIPIIPERT[···]·ARAB[··········]
DIVITRAIANIPART[···]CIETDI[················]PVBLICE
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<supplied
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diui
Traiani
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abnepoti
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<supplied
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diui
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<unclear
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N
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eruae
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adnepoti
Septimio
Seuero
Pio
Pertinaci
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Arab
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ico
A
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diabenico
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Parthico
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m
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axim
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Lepticani
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pu
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bli
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ce
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I
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<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
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</abbr>
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<unclear
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Sep
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<supplied
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im
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Seueri
Pii
<expan>
<abbr>
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Au
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<unclear
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>
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</abbr>
</expan>
<supplied
reason="lost"
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<supplied
reason="lost"
>
diui
Marci
diui
Pii
diui
Hadriani
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
diui
Traiani
Part
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
hi
</supplied>
ci
et
di
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ui
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Neruae
</supplied>
<supplied
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>
Aurellio
Antonino
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Translation:
a. To emperor [Caesar, son]of deified [Marcus, grandson of] deified
[Antoninus Pius], great grandson [of deified Hadrian, great great grandson of
deified] N[erva, Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax] Augustus,
[victor in Arab]ia, victor in A[diabene], greatest
[victor in Parthia], the Lepcitanians publicly.
b. [To the son]
of emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pert[inax Au]gustus, victor in Arabia,
[victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, grandson of deified Marcus, great grandson of
deified Pius, great great grandson of deified Hadrian],
great great great grandson of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia and of deified [Nerva, Emperor Caesar Marcus
Aurellius Antoninus Augustus, greatest victor in Parthia, the Lepcitanians] publicly.
Commentary:
a) l. 2. Parthicus maximus. From 198.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIV.35)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIV.36)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIV.37)
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