514. Fragmentary ?dedication
- Description:
- Two fragments, the upper and lower parts of a moulded base. a) w: 0.65 x h: 0.50 b) w: 0.50 x h: 0.65 of grey limestone.
- Text:
- Re-inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.97 x ), from which a previous inscription has been erased.
- Letters:
- Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.03-0.04.
- Date:
- Fourth century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, South Portico.
- 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)
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Liberatori
<lb
n="2"
/>
orbis
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
euot
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
umini
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
aiestati
</ex>
<abbr>
</expan>
que
</abbr>
<lb
n="3"
/>
eius
Translation:
a. To the liberator of the world [·· c. 4 ··] b. [·· ? ··] devoted to his divine power and majesty.
Commentary:
No comment.
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