445. Fragmentary ?dedication to Severan family

Description:
Ten fragments, probably all from the same marble panel (the largest, w: 0.35 x h: 0.32 x d: 0.035, top edge survives). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: 0.08. 
Date:
A.D. 209-10 (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) 
a
[·· ? ·· Im]pera[t]oṛ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··Se]ptimi Sẹ[ueri ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· Adiab]enic[i ·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]i Pa[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··〚·· 4··〛·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]RI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ẠḄ[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]RỊ[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··]P̣Ị[·· ? ··]
f
[·· ? ·· C]ạesa[r ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] Pii P̣[ertinacis ·· ? ··]
g
[·· ? ··]ỊỊ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]ṬHI[·· ? ··]
h
[·· ? ··]Ị C̣[·· ? ··]
i
et [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]THỊ[·· ? ··]
j
[·· ? ··]T[·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ·····]PERA[··]O·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·····]PTIMIS·[······· ? ··]
[·· ? ········]ENIC[···· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]IPA[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··〚·· 4··〛·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]RI[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]··[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]R·[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··]··[·· ? ··]
f
[·· ? ····]·ESA[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]PII·[············ ? ··]
g
[·· ? ··]··[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]·HI[·· ? ··]
h
[·· ? ··]··[·· ? ··]
i
ET[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]TH·[·· ? ··]
j
[·· ? ··]T[·· ? ··]
(The following reconstruction of the text is possible; it assumes a date after the assumption by the emperors of the title Britannicus in 210.) IMPERATORICAESARIIMPERATORISCAESARIS
LSEPTIMISEVERIPIIPERTINACISAVGVSTIARABICI
ADIABENICIPARTHICIMAXBRITANNICIMAXFILIO
ETIMPCAESMAVRELIANTONINIAVG
5PIIPARTHICIMAXIMIBRITANNICIMAXIMIFRATRI
PSEPTIMIOGETAEPIOAVGVSTO[·· ? ··]
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Im
</supplied>
pera
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t
</supplied>
o
<unclear reason="damage" >
r
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Se
</supplied>
ptimi
S
<unclear reason="damage" >
e
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ueri
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Adiab
</supplied>
enic
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
i
Pa
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
</del>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ri
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
ab
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
r
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
pi
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="f" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
C
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
esa
<supplied reason="lost" >
r
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
Pii
<unclear reason="" >
P
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ertinacis
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="g" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
II
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
t
</unclear>
hi
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="h" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
</orig>
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
c
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
et
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
th
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="j" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
t
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<ab>
<note>
The following reconstruction of the text is possible; it assumes a date after the assumption by the emperors of the title Britannicus in 210.
</note>
<lb n="1" />
Imperatori
Caesari
Imperatoris
Caesaris
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
Septimi
Seueri
Pii
Pertinacis
Augusti
Arabici
<lb n="3" />
Adiabenici
Parthici
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
Britannici
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
filio
<lb n="4" />
et
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arci
</ex>
</expan>
Aureli
Antonini
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
Pii
Parthici
maximi
Britannici
maximi
fratri
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
P
</abbr>
<ex>
ublio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
Getae
Pio
Augusto
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Reconstructed Text

(The following reconstruction of the text is possible; it assumes a date after the assumption by the emperors of the title Britannicus in 210.) Imperatori Caesari Imperatoris Caesaris
L(uci) Septimi Seueri Pii Pertinacis Augusti Arabici
Adiabenici Parthici max(imi) Britannici max(imi) filio
et Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) M(arci) Aureli Antonini Aug(usti)
5Pii Parthici maximi Britannici maximi fratri
P(ublio) Septimio Getae Pio Augusto [·· ? ··]

The titles of Septimius Severus and probably of Caracalla, with the erased name of Geta, can be distinguished.

Translation:

(Translation of the conjectured reconstruction) To emperor Caesar, son of emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, greatest victor in Britain, and brother of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Pius, greatest victor in Britain, Publius Septimius Geta Pius Augustus [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

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