508. Fragmentary ?dedication by the Lepcitani

Description:
Four fragments of a marble panel.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Late form of Rustic capitals: approx. 0.14. 
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre; Found in the Portico behind it. 
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
[·· ? ··]S[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ·· A]ugu[sto ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· res]titu[tori orbis ·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]ỊS[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ṢVN[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ·· Lepcitani p]ublic[e ·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··]S[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ····]VGV[······ ? ··]
[·· ? ······]TITV[············· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]·S[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]·VN[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··············]VBLIC[···· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
s
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
A
</supplied>
ugu
<supplied reason="lost" >
sto
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
res
</supplied>
titu
<supplied reason="lost" >
tori
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
orbis
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
i
</unclear>
s
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
s
</unclear>
vn
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Lepcitani
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
p
</supplied>
ublic
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

(a and c not usefully translatable.) b. [·· ? ··to·· ? ··] Augustus (case unknown.)[·· ? ··] restorer [?of the world·· ? ··]d.[·· ? ··the Lepcitanians] publicly [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVI.11)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVI.11)

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