32. ?Dedication to Marcus Aurelius or Commodus
- Description:
- Fragment of a marble panel (w: 0.18 x h: 0.15, no edges surviving).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Second to third century lapidary capitals: line l, 0.045; line 2, 0.04.
- Date:
- A.D. 175 (titulature if M. Aurelius) or A.D. 186 (titulature if Commodus)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
- 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Germ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</expan>
<ex>
</supplied>
anic
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
i
</supplied>
mp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
erator
</ex>
<num
value="8"
>
VIII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear
reason=""
>
c
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</abbr>
o
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<ex>
</supplied>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</abbr>
s
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</expan>
<ex>
</supplied>
ul
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] Victor in Germany, [·· ? ··], acclaimed victor eight times, consul ( case unknown) [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
Probably M. Aurelius, Germanicus in June 175, imp. VIII in autumn 175; or Commodus, Germanicus in 175, imp. VIII in 186.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 762 Leica)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)
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