Description:
Fragment from the lower part of a white marble panel (w: 0.30 x h: 0.21 x d: 0.015). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.05. 
Date:
A.D. 175-180 (imperial titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Hadrianic Baths 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.  
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) 
[·· ? ··] [pr]ouinc(iae) Af[ricae ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· candi]daṭo imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) M(arci) Aureli Antonini Aug(usti) [···]
[·· ? ·· Part]hic(i) max(imi) Germ(anici) Sa[rm(atici) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··][···]OVINCAF[········ ? ··]
[·· ? ········]DA·OIMPCAESMAVRELIANTONINIAVG[···]
[·· ? ·······]HICMAXGERMSA[··········· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
pr
</supplied>
ouinc
</abbr>
<ex>
iae
</ex>
</expan>
Af
<supplied reason="lost" >
ricae
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
candi
</supplied>
da
<unclear reason="damage" >
t
</unclear>
o
<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>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Part
</supplied>
hic
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Germ
</abbr>
<ex>
anici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Sa
<supplied reason="lost" >
rm
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
atici
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] of the province of Africa [·· ? ··], candidate of emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus [·· ? ··], greatest victor in Parthia, victor in Germany, victor in Sarmatia [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 3. M. Aurelius Antoninus: Sarmaticus in 175; for the retention of the title Parthicus maximus at this date see ILS 1100.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XII.7)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XII.7)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIV.9)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIV.9)

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