470. Fragmentary ?building inscription under Constantius II and Constans

Description:
Two sections of a fragmentary panel (w: 0.95 x h: 0.61 x d: 0.025, top and bottom edges, and w: 0.11 x h: 0.085 x d: 0.025, top edge only). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.065. 
Date:
A.D. 340-350 (reign) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre. 
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) 
[Florentissimis] saeculis d(ominorum) n(ostrorum) Fl(aui) Iul[i Consta]nti[·· ? ·· et]
[Fl(aui) Iuli Constantis m]aximi trium[phato]rum semper A[ugustorum ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··uet]ustatis absum[pt ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ditur re[·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ·· de]fensione adparatu[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] prouin[ci]a Tripolita[na ·· ? ··]
[···············]SAECVLISDNFLIVL[·········]NTI[·· ? ·····]
[·····]AXIMITRIVM[······]RVMSEMPERA[············ ? ··]
[·· ? ······]VSTATISABSVM[····· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]DITVRRE[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ·····]FENSIONEADPARATV[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]PROVIN[···]ATRIPOLITA[····· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Florentissimis
</supplied>
saeculis
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ominorum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ostrorum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
aui
</ex>
</expan>
Iul
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Consta
</supplied>
nti
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
et
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
aui
</ex>
</expan>
Iuli
Constantis
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
m
</supplied>
aximi
trium
<supplied reason="lost" >
phato
</supplied>
rum
semper
A
<supplied reason="lost" >
ugustorum
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
uet
</supplied>
ustatis
absum
<supplied reason="lost" >
pt
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ditur
re
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
de
</supplied>
fensione
adparatu
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
prouin
<supplied reason="lost" >
ci
</supplied>
a
Tripolita
<supplied reason="lost" >
na
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

1, DDNN

Translation:

In [the most flourishing] period of our lords Flavius Julius Constantius [·· ? ·· and Flavius Julius Constans] greatest, triumphant, always Augusti, [·· ? ··] damaged as the result of age [·· ? ··] in defence ? by provision [·· ? ··] the province of Tripolitania[·· ? ··]

Commentary:

ll. 1-2. Constantius II and Constans: Augusti together 340-350.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.31)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.31)

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