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914. Dedication to Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta

Description:: Panel (w: 1.57 x h: 0.57 x d: 0.15) of grey limestone, much weathered.
Text:: Inscribed within a tabella ansata (die, 1.30 0.47).
Letters:: Rough lapidary capitals with many ligatures: 0.065-0.075.
Date:: A.D. 201 (titulature)
Findspot:: Bu-Ngem: Fort at Bu-Ngem; From the West gate (map ref. X 5206)
Original Location:: Unknown
Last recorded location:: Tripoli Castle.
Bibliography:: P1. XI, 1. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VIII:10992; Bartoccini, Africa Italiana (Rivista di Storia e d'Arte a cura del Ministero delle Colonie) 8 vols., Bergamo, 1927-1940, II:50, with fig 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)

Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) L(ucio) Septimio Seuero
Pio Pert(inaci) Aug(usto) tr(ibunicia) p(otestate) IX imp(eratori) co(n)s(uli) II p(atri) p(atriae) et
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) M(arco) Aurel(io) Antonino
Aug(usto) tr(ibunicia) p(otestate) IIII et 〚L(ucio)〛 Sept(imio) 〚[Getae]〛 Caes(ari) Aug(usto)
5 Q(uinto) Anicio Fausto leg(ato) Aug(ustorum) co(n)s(ulari) 〚[leg(ionis)]〛 [〚III〛〚Aug(ustae) 〛〚p(iae) 〛〚u(indicis)〛]

IMPCAESLSEPTIMIOSEVERO
PIOPERTAVGTRPIXIMPCOSIIPPET
IMPCAESMAVRELANTONINO
AVGTRPIIIIET〚L〛SEPT〚[······]〛CAESAVG
5QANICIOFAVSTOLEGAVGCOS〚[····]〛[····]

<ab>

<expan>

<abbr>

Imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Caes

</abbr>

<ex>

ari

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ucio

</ex>

</expan>

Septimio

Seuero

Pio

<expan>

<abbr>

Pert

</abbr>

<ex>

inaci

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usto

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ibunicia

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

otestate

</ex>

</expan>

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uli

</ex>

</expan>

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

atri

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

atriae

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Caes

</abbr>

<ex>

ari

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

arco

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aurel

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

Antonino

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usto

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ibunicia

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

otestate

</ex>

</expan>

IIII

</num>

<del>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ucio

</ex>

</expan>

</del>

<expan>

<abbr>

Sept

</abbr>

<ex>

imio

</ex>

</expan>

<del>

Getae

</supplied>

</del>

<expan>

<abbr>

Caes

</abbr>

<ex>

ari

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usto

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uinto

</ex>

</expan>

Anicio

Fausto

<expan>

<abbr>

leg

</abbr>

<ex>

ato

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

ustorum

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ulari

</ex>

</expan>

<del>

<expan>

<abbr>

leg

</abbr>

<ex>

ionis

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

</del>

<del>

III

</num>

</del>

<del>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

ustae

</ex>

</expan>

</del>

<del>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

iae

</ex>

</expan>

</del>

<del>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

indicis

</ex>

</expan>

</del>

</supplied>

</ab>

2, There is a space left blank for the number of imperial salutations.

5, AVGG

5, Titles erased after the damnatio of the legion in 238.

Translation:

To emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, holding tribunician power for the ninth time, acclaimed victor? times, consul twice, father of the country, and to emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, holding tribunician power for the fourth time, consul, and to Lucius (erased) Septimius Geta (erased) Caesar Augustus set up under Quintus Anicius Faustus, legate of the Augusti, consular commander of legion III Augusta, Pia, Vindex (erased from legion).