413. Dedication to L. Septimius Severus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.45 x h: 0.87 x d: 0.50) of brown limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.26 x h: 0.67). 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.05-0.025. 
Date:
Between 10 Dec. A.D. 202 and 9th Dec A.D. 203 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre in one of the upper tiers of the cavea. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Aurigemma, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950 I:66; L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.) 1950:157. Guey in Memoires de la Societe des Antiquaires de France, 1952. 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(eratoris) Caes(aris)
L(uci) Septimi Seueri
Pii Pertin(acis) Aug(usti)
Arabic(i) Adiab(enici)
5 Parth(ici) max(imi)
trib(unicia) potes(tate) XI
imp(eratoris) XII co(n)s(ulis) III
proco(n)s(ulis)
L(ucio) Septimio Seuero
10 flam(ini) perpe(tuo)
auo
Curiae duae
Traiana Dacica
ex uoto statuerunt
IMPCAES
LSEPTIMISEVERI
PIIPERTINAVG
ARABICADIAB
5PARTHMAX
TRIBPOTESXI
IMPXIICOSIII
PROCOS
LSEPTIMIOSEVERO
10FLAMPERPE
AVO
CVRIAEDVAE
TRAIANADACICA
EXVOTOSTATVERVNT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
Septimi
Seueri
<lb n="3" />
Pii
<expan>
<abbr>
Pertin
</abbr>
<ex>
acis
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Arabic
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Adiab
</abbr>
<ex>
enici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Parth
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
potes
</abbr>
<ex>
tate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="11" >
XI
</num>
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="12" >
XII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ulis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="3" >
III
</num>
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ulis
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
Seuero
<lb n="10" />
<expan>
<abbr>
flam
</abbr>
<ex>
ini
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
perpe
</abbr>
<ex>
tuo
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="11" />
auo
<lb n="12" />
Curiae
duae
<lb n="13" />
Traiana
Dacica
<lb n="14" />
ex
uoto
statuerunt
</ab>

Translation:

To the grandfather of Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, holding tribunician power for the eleventh time , acclained victor twelve times, consul for the third time, proconsul, Lucius Septimius Severus, perpetual flamen (local priest); the two Curiae, Traiana and Dacica, set this up in accordance with a vow.

Commentary:

l. 6. trib. pot. XI. 10 Dec. 202 - 9 Dec. 203.

l. 9. L. Septimius Seuerus. Also in 412, l. 7

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 267 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 267 Lastre)

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