423. Dedication to Caracalla

Description:
Two marble architrave blocks, re-used to form a base (w: 1.13 x h: 0.65 x d: 0.79). Probably uniform with 393 in the Hadrianic Baths. Later erased and re-used for 283, q.v. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face, with moulding below.  
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.05. 
Date:
A.D. 202 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum. 
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) Caes(ari) M(arco) [Aurel]io Antonino Pio
Aug(usto) Seueri Aug(usti) fil(io) trib(unicia) potest(ate) V
proco(n)s(uli) co(n)s(uli)
Lepcitani Septimiani publ(ice)
5ob eximiam ac diuinam in se indulgentiam 〛
〚 IMPCAESM[······]IOANTONINOPIO
AVGSEVERIAVGFILTRIBPOTESTV
PROCOSCOS
LEPCITANISEPTIMIANIPVBL
5OBEXIMIAMACDIVINAMINSEINDVLGENTIAM〛
<ab>
<del>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Aurel
</supplied>
io
Antonino
Pio
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Seueri
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
potest
</abbr>
<ex>
ate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="5" >
V
</num>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
Lepcitani
Septimiani
<expan>
<abbr>
publ
</abbr>
<ex>
ice
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
ob
eximiam
ac
diuinam
in
se
indulgentiam
</del>
</ab>

Translation:

(All erased.) To emperor Caesar Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus Pius Augustus, son of Severus Augustus, holding tribunician power for the fifth time, proconsul, consul; the Septimian Lepcitanians, publicly, an account of his outstanding and godlike indulgence to them.

Commentary:

l. 2. trib. pot. V. 10 Dec. 201 - 9 Dec. 202.

l.3. consul. 1 Jan. 202.

l. 5. See 393, n. 2

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.VII.45)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.VII.45)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.VI.6)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.VI.6)

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