374. Fragmentary building inscription under Antoninus Pius

Description:
Two fragments of a marble panel: a) w: 0.45 x h: 0.46, upper edge. b) w: 0.14 x h: 0.13, lower edge. 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Second century A.D. lapidary capitals: l. 1, 0.05; ll. 2, 4, 5 and 6, 0.045; l. 3, 0.04. 
Date:
A.D. 138-161. (reign) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Fragment a) is stated by Bartoccini to have been found in the Hadrianic Baths, but it was later stored in the Forum Vetus. Fragment b) was found in the Forum Vetus. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum. 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, Le Terme di Lepcis (Afrika Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, IV), Bergamo, 1929, 90ff.. 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) 
a
[Imp(eratore) Caesar]e diui Hadriani fil(io) [diui Traiani nepote]
[diui Nerua]e pron(epote) T(ito) Aelio Had[riano Antonino Aug(usto) Pio]
[pontifice ma]ximo tribunicia [potestate ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· H]aterianus fla[men ·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ·· r]em publica[m ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]it[···] pṛ[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ·· m]armori[bus ·· ? ··]
a
[···········]EDIVIHADRIANIFIL[·····]
[···········]EPRONTAELIOHAD[···············]
[·············]XIMOTRIBVNICIA[············ ? ··]
[·· ? ····]ATERIANVSFLA[······ ? ··]
5[·· ? ····]EMPVBLICA[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]IT[···]P·[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ····]ARMORI[······ ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Caesar
</supplied>
e
diui
Hadriani
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
Traiani
nepote
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Nerua
</supplied>
e
<expan>
<abbr>
pron
</abbr>
<ex>
epote
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
T
</abbr>
<ex>
ito
</ex>
</expan>
Aelio
Had
<supplied reason="lost" >
riano
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Antonino
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Pio
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
pontifice
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ma
</supplied>
ximo
tribunicia
<supplied reason="lost" >
potestate
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
H
</supplied>
aterianus
fla
<supplied reason="lost" >
men
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
r
</supplied>
em
publica
<supplied reason="lost" >
m
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
it
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
p
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
m
</supplied>
armori
<supplied reason="lost" >
bus
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a.[When emperor Caesar] Titus Aelius Hadrian [Antoninus Augustus Pius], son of deified Hadrian, [grandson of deified Trajan], great grandson [of deified Nerva], chief [priest], was holding tribunician [power for the ? time·· ? ··] Haterianus (nominative case) flamen (priest)[·· ? ··] the republic (accusative case)[·· ? ··]

b.[·· ? ··] with marbles [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XVI.20)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XVI.20)

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