541. Honours for P. Septimius Geta

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.67 x h: 1.22 x d: 0.62) of yellowish limestone, standing on a moulded plinth.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.325 x h: 0.66).  
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.038-0.024. 
Date:
A.D. 195 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, against the facade wall of the cavea, at the foot of the central staircase. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Bersanetti, Epigraphica (Rivista Italiana di Epigrafia), Milano, vol. I, 1939, IV:105 ff. ; L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.) 1946:131. 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) 
P(ublio) Septimio Getae c(larissimo) u(iro) X
uir(o) stlitibus iudican-
dis trib(uno) latic(lauio) leg(ionis) II Aug(ustae)
quaest(ori) prouin(ciae) Cretae et
5Cyrenarum aed(ili) cereali
curatori rei pub(licae) Anconita-
norum praet(ori) hastario et tu-
telar(io) sacerdoti fetiali leg(ato)
leg(ionis) I Italicae proco(n)s(uli) Siciliae
10leg(ato) Aug(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore) prouinciae
Lusitaniae co(n)s(uli) leg(ato) Aug(ustorum)
pr(o) pr(aetore) prouinciae Mysiae In-
ferioris leg(ato) Au[g(ustorum)] [p]r(o) pr(aetore)
prouinc(iarum) Daciarum
15curia Dacica ex uoto posuit
PSEPTIMIOGETAECVX
VIRSTLITIBVSIVDICAN
DISTRIBLATICLEGIIAVG
QVAESTPROVINCRETAEET
5CYRENARVMAEDCEREALI
CVRATORIREIPVBANCONITA
NORVMPRAETHASTARIOETTV
TELARSACERDOTIFETIALILEG
LEGIITALICAEPROCOSSICILIAE
10LEGAVGG〚G〛PRPRPROVINCIAE
LVSITANIAECOSLEGAVGG〚G〛
PRPRPROVINCIAEMYSIAEIN
FERIORISLEGAV[··········][··]RPR
PROVINCDACIARVM
15CVRIADACICAEXVOTOPOSVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
P
</abbr>
<ex>
ublio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
Getae
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iro
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="10" >
X
</num>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
uir
</abbr>
<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
stlitibus
iudican
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
dis
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
uno
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
latic
</abbr>
<ex>
lauio
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustae
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
quaest
</abbr>
<ex>
ori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
prouin
</abbr>
<ex>
ciae
</ex>
</expan>
Cretae
et
<lb n="5" />
Cyrenarum
<expan>
<abbr>
aed
</abbr>
<ex>
ili
</ex>
</expan>
cereali
<lb n="6" />
curatori
rei
<expan>
<abbr>
pub
</abbr>
<ex>
licae
</ex>
</expan>
Anconita
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
norum
<expan>
<abbr>
praet
</abbr>
<ex>
ori
</ex>
</expan>
hastario
et
<expan>
<abbr>
tu
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
telar
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
sacerdoti
fetiali
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="1" >
I
</num>
Italicae
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
Siciliae
<lb n="10" />
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
<am>
g
<del>
g
</del>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
ustorum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
aetore
</ex>
</expan>
prouinciae
<lb n="11" />
Lusitaniae
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
<am>
g
<del>
g
</del>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
ustorum
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="12" />
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
aetore
</ex>
</expan>
prouinciae
Mysiae
In
<lb n="13" type="worddiv" />
ferioris
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Au
<supplied reason="lost" >
g
<am>
gg
</am>
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
ustorum
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
p
</supplied>
r
</abbr>
<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
aetore
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="14" />
<expan>
<abbr>
prouinc
</abbr>
<ex>
iarum
</ex>
</expan>
Daciarum
<lb n="15" />
curia
Dacica
ex
uoto
posuit
</ab>

10, leg: LES Text reads LES.

10, Aug: AUGG[[G]] the third G erased; Geta figures as Augustus on Tripolitanian inscriptions as early as 201, see 913, 914, 915.

11, Aug: AUGG[[G]]AVGGG. the third G erased.

13, Au: AUGGG Text here damaged, read AVGGG.

14,

Translation:

(In honour of) Publius Septimius Geta, splendid man (of senatorial status), member of the commitee of ten who judge lawsuits, senatorial tribune of Legion II Augusta, quaestor of the province of Crete and Cyrenae, an aedile concerned with the corn-supply of Rome, curator of the city of Ancona, praetor concerned with the centumviral court and guardianship, fetial priest, legate of Legion I Italica, proconsul of Sicily, legate of three Augusti (emended to two) with propraetorian power in the province of Lusitania, consul, legate of three Augusti (emended to two) with propraetorian power in the province of Mysia Inferior, legate of three Augusti (damaged but surely emended to two) in the Dacian provinces; the Curia Dacica set this up in accordance with a vow.

Commentary:

l. 1. P. Septimius Geta. Cos. suff. an. inc., cos. II 203; = PIR (1) S 326.

ll. 13-14. legatus propraetore prouinciarum Daciarum. In 195.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 140 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 140 Lastre)

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