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426. Dedication to ?Caracalla

Description:: Marble block (w: 0.51 x h: 0.34 x d: 1.42) inscribed on the two end faces; see also 591.
Text:: Inscribed on one face.
Letters:: Rustic capitals: 0.04.
Date:: A.D. 198-210 (titulature)
Findspot:: Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, at the angle of the East and South Porticoes.
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)

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1Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) L(uci) Septimi Seueri Pii
Pertinacis Aug(usti) Arabici
Adiabenici Parthici ma-
ximi felicissimi p(atris) p(atriae)
5filio

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1IMPCAESLSEPTIMISEVERIPII
PERTINACISAVGARABICI
ADIABENICIPARTHICIMA
XIMIFELICISSIMIPP
5FILIO

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Imp

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eratoris

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Caes

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aris

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uci

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Septimi

Seueri

Pii

Pertinacis

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Aug

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usti

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Arabici

Adiabenici

Parthici

ximi

felicissimi

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atris

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atriae

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filio

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Translation:

[·· ? ··] son of emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, most fortunate, father of the country.