372. Fragmentary building inscription under Antoninus Pius

Description:
Part of a panel of cream marble (surviving width, w: 0.86 x h: 0.57 x d: 0.01). 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: ll. 1-3, 0.07; l. 4, 0.055. 
Date:
A.D. 157 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre. 
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) 
[Imp(eratore) C]aes(are) T(ito) Aelio Hadria[no] Ant[onino]
[Aug(usto) Pio] pont(ifice) max(imo) trib(unicia) pot(estate) XX imp(eratore) II co(n)s(ule) III[I p(atre) p(atriae)]
[·· ? ··]ae theatri p̣ẹcụnia pub[lica ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] marmoribu[s ·· ? ··]
[······]AESTAELIOHADRIA[···]ANT[······]
[····]PONTMAXTRIBPOTXXIMPIICOSIII[····]
[·· ? ··]AETHEATRI··C·NIAPVB[······· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]MARMORIBV[···· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
C
</supplied>
aes
</abbr>
<ex>
are
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
T
</abbr>
<ex>
ito
</ex>
</expan>
Aelio
Hadria
<supplied reason="lost" >
no
</supplied>
Ant
<supplied reason="lost" >
onino
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Pio
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifice
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pot
</abbr>
<ex>
estate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="20" >
XX
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ule
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="4" >
III
<supplied reason="lost" >
I
</supplied>
</num>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atre
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ae
theatri
<unclear reason="" >
pe
</unclear>
c
<unclear reason="" >
u
</unclear>
nia
pub
<supplied reason="lost" >
lica
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
marmoribu
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[When Emperor] Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus [Augustus Pius] was chief priest, holding tribunician power for the twentieth time, acclaimed victor twice, consul [four times, father of the country], [·· ? ··] of the theatre with public money [·· ? ··] with marbles [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 2. trib. pot. XX -10 Dec. 156 - 9 Dec. 157.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.34)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XIII.34)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1666)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1666)

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