442. Fragmentary dedication to ?Geta

Description:
Part of the left-hand side of a marble base (surviving measurements, w: 0.43 x h: 0.75 x d: 0.19). 
Text:
Inscribed within a prepared panel (die, surviving w: 0.30 x h: 0.75). 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.05. 
Date:
A.D. 210 (titulature and consulship)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, South portico. 
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(eratori) Caes(ari) Ḷ(ucio) Septim[io Getae Pio Aug(usto)]
Brittanico Arab[ico ·· c. 7·· tri]-
buniciae pot[estatis]〛
II co(n)s(uli) II
5〚Lepcitani S[eptimiani]
public[e·· ? ··]〛
〚IMPCAES·SEPTIM[·············]
BRITTANICOARAB[······ c. 7······]
BVNICIAEPOT[········]〛
IICOSII
5〚LEPCITANIS[··········]
PVBLIC[···· ? ··]〛
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
L
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Septim
<supplied reason="lost" >
io
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Getae
Pio
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
Brittanico
Arab
<supplied reason="lost" >
ico
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
tri
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
buniciae
pot
<supplied reason="lost" >
estatis
</supplied>
</del>
<lb n="4" />
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<lb n="5" />
<del>
Lepcitani
S
<supplied reason="lost" >
eptimiani
</supplied>
<lb n="6" />
public
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</del>
</ab>

Translation:

To emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius [Geta Pius Augustus], victor in Britain, victor in Arabia, [·· ? ··] holding tribunician power for the second time, consul twice, the Septimian Lepcitanians publicly [·· ? ··](almost all erased)

Commentary:

l. 1. Augustus. Presumably Geta, although he is not otherwise known to have held the title Arabicus; erased after damnatio in 212.

l. 2. Geta was Britannicus in 210.

ll. 2-4. trib. pot. II. 10 Dec. 209 - 9 Dec. 210.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.22)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 51.II.22)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 577)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 577)

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