469. Dedication to Constantine II and Constantius II

Description:
Long rectangular base. The left-hand face of 457, q.v. 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded panel (die. w: 1.51 x h: 0.46). which is divided into two halves by a vertical line. Uniform with 462. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.06. 
Date:
A.D. 337-340 (reign) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, East end.  
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) 
a

(Left half)

〚Domino nostro〛
〚Fl(auio) Claudio Constantino〛
〚nobilissimo ac floren-
5tissimo Caesari〛
b

(Right half)

Domino nostro
Fl(auio) Iul(io) Constantio
Pio F[elici sem]-
per Augusto
a

(Left half)

〚DOMINONOSTRO〛
〚FLCLAVDIOCONSTANTINO〛
〚NOBILISSIMOACFLOREN
5TISSIMOCAESARI〛
b

(Right half)

DOMINONOSTRO
FLIVLCONSTANTIO
PIOF[··········]
PERAVGVSTO
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<note>
Left half
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<del>
Domino
nostro
</del>
<lb n="2" />
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
Claudio
Constantino
</del>
<lb n="4" />
<del>
nobilissimo
ac
floren
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
tissimo
Caesari
</del>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<note>
Right half
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Domino
nostro
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Iul
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
Constantio
<lb n="3" />
Pio
F
<supplied reason="lost" >
elici
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
sem
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
per
Augusto
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a.To our lord Flavius Claudius Constantine, most noble and excellent Caesar (all erased). b. To our Lord Flavius Julius Constantius Pius, Felix, always Augustus.

Commentary:

(a) Constantinus II: Erased after damnatio in 340. The omission of the title Augustus is singular, see below.

(b) Constantius II: Augustus with his brothers, Constantinus and Constans, from Sept. 337

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1555 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1555 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 227 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 227 Lastre)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR

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