455. Dedication to Gordian III
- Description:
- Rectangular base (w: 0.56 x h: 1.16 x d: 0.62) of coarse brown limestone, badly weathered. .
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.41 x h: 1.02)
- Letters:
- Irregular capitals: 0.04.
- Date:
- A.D. 238-244 (reign)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, North portico, near the entrance.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- U. Ciotti, Bollettino dell'Istituto Nazionale d'Arte e d'Archeologia XI:119, n. 25. 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) Ant[o]nio
Gordiano Pio
Felici Aug[usto]
5 [pontif(ici) m]axịṃo
[trib(unicia) pot(estate)(?)] [co](n)s(uli)
[p(atri) p(atriae) proco(n)s(uli) ·· ? ··] A[··]T
[·· 4··]B[·· ? ··]
[---]
10 [·· 4··]SV[·· 4··]
[·· c. 6··]AM[·]
[·· c. 6··]PḶỊ[··]
[·· c. 7··]NV[··]
[---]
M(arco) Ant[o]nio
Gordiano Pio
Felici Aug[usto]
5 [pontif(ici) m]axịṃo
[trib(unicia) pot(estate)(?)] [co](n)s(uli)
[p(atri) p(atriae) proco(n)s(uli) ·· ? ··] A[··]T
[·· 4··]B[·· ? ··]
[---]
10 [·· 4··]SV[·· 4··]
[·· c. 6··]AM[·]
[·· c. 6··]PḶỊ[··]
[·· c. 7··]NV[··]
[---]
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Imp
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eratori
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Caes
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ari
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M
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arco
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Ant
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nio
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Gordiano
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Felici
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uli
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Translation:
To [emperor] Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius, Felix, Augustus, chief [priest holding tribunician power for the ? time], consul, father of the country, proconsul [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus. 238-244.
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