339. Fragmentary dedication to Claudius

Description:
Mutilated block (w: 0.94 x h: 0.35 x d: 0.26) of fine-grained grey limestone, from a monumental inscription. 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals (decapitated): approx. 0.13. 
Date:
A.D. 41-54. (reign) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, beside the road opposite Church II. 
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) 
Ti(berio) Claudio [Drusi f(ilio) Caesari Aug(usto) Germanico]
〚[po]nt(ifici)〛 〚[m]a[ximo〛·· ? ··]
TICLAVDIO[······]
〚[···]NT〛〚[··]A[·····〛·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Ti
</abbr>
<ex>
berio
</ex>
</expan>
Claudio
<supplied reason="lost" >
Drusi
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilio
</ex>
</expan>
Caesari
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Germanico
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
po
</supplied>
nt
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
</del>
<del>
<supplied reason="lost" >
m
</supplied>
a
<supplied reason="lost" >
ximo
</supplied>
</del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

To Tiberius Claudius [Caesar, Augustus, Germanicus, son of Drusus], chief priest (at Rome), [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.X.35)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.X.35)

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