463. Dedication to Severus
- Description:
- Rectangular base. The right-hand face of 454, q.v..
- Text:
- Inscribed; (die, w: 0.48 x h: 0.83).
- Letters:
- Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.045-0.06.
- Date:
- A.D. 305 or A.D. 306 (titulature)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- U. Ciotti, Bollettino dell'Istituto Nazionale d'Arte e d'Archeologia XI:120. 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)
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
omino
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ostro
</ex>
inuicto
ac
no
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
bilissimo
Caesari
<lb
n="3"
/>
F
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
laui
</supplied>
o
Valerio
S
<unclear
reason=""
>
e
</unclear>
uero
<lb
n="4"
/>
Lepcitani
deuoti
<lb
n="5"
/>
numini
<expan>
<abbr>
maiestatiq
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ue
</ex>
<lb
n="6"
/>
eius
publice
</ab>
"d(ecurionum) d(ecreto)" (1. 7; so Ciotti) does not figure on the stone.
Translation:
To our [Lord] the unconquered and most noble Caesar, Flavius Valerius Severus; the Lepcitanians, devoted to his divine power and majesty, (set this up) publicly.
Commentary:
No comment.
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