539. Fragmentary ?dedication
- Description:
- Moulded base (w: 0.70 x h: 1.50 x d: 0.55) of coarse grey limestone.
- Text:
- Re-inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.77) from which a previous inscription has been erased.
- Letters:
- Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.02-0.04.
- Date:
- Fourth century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum. South Portico.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- A. Degrassi, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950, III 1954 This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952; including revisions from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Bono
generis
<lb
n="2"
/>
humani
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
nato
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
pr
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
o
</supplied>
uiso
fortis
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
simo
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="9"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
olin
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
o
<lb
n="7"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
vc
</orig>
<lb
n="8"
/>
A
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
us
Rogati
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
an
</supplied>
us
<lb
n="9"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ir
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
larissimus
</ex>
<orig
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ap
</unclear>
ll
</orig>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
euotus
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
umini
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
aiestati
</ex>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ue
</ex>
<lb
n="10"
/>
e
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ius
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="11"
/>
<orig
>
n
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
v
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="12"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
2, humani [nato], Degrassi: this should be accepted; in fact some consistent traces of the letters survive.
Translation:
[Born] for the good of the human race foreseen, the bravest [·· ? ··] A[·· ? ··]us Rogatianus, splendid man, (of senatorial status), APLL (abbreviation not resolved), devoted to his divine power and majesty, [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment.
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