Description: Moulded marble
base
(w:
0.59 x h:
1.04 x d:
0.66) with socket for statue on top.
Text: Inscribed on one face
(die, w:
0.44 x h:
0.55).
Letters: Second century capitals: 0.03.
Date: CE 177-180 (reign)
Findspot:
Sabratha:
Port area
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum.
Interpretive
[Do]minae Caelesti
[pro] salute Imp⟦p⟧(eratorum)
[M(arci) A]ureli Antonini ⟦et⟧
⟦M(arci) Aureli Commod⟧i
5Aug⟦g⟧(ustorum) ⟦[e]ṭ [Brutt]ị[ae]
C̣[rispinae Aug(ustae)]⟧
L(ucius) Aemilius Calpurni-
anus Muse et Mucia
Pudentilla eius
10ob honorem
L(uci) Aemili Muciani et
Q(uinti) Aemili Augurini
quondam filiorum
piissimorum d(ederunt) d(edicauerunt)
Diplomatic
[..]MINAECAELESTI
[...]SALUTEIMP⟦P⟧
[...]URELIANTONINI⟦ET⟧
⟦MAURELICOMMOD⟧I
5AUG⟦G[.].[.....].[..]
.[...........]⟧
LAEMILIUSCALPURNI
ANUSMUSEETMUCIA
PUDENTILLAEIUS
10OBHONOREM
LAEMILIMUCIANIET
QAEMILIAUGURINI
QUONDAMFILIORUM
PIISSIMORUMDD
5-6: [[et Crispinae Aug(ustae)/ -----]] IRT, 1952; [[et Crispinae Aug(ustae)/matris castrorum]]? or [[matris senatus]] Aurigemma, 1940b; The restoration here is from Alföldy's revision of the stone. Alföldy, 1998
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To Mistress Caelestis, for the welfare of Emperors [Marcus A]urelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Commodus, Augusti, ⟦[and
Crispina Augusta ------]⟧; Lucius Aemilius Calpurnianus Muse and his wife, Mucia Pudentilla, gave and dedicated (scil. this) on account of the honours
paid to Lucius Aemilius Mucianus and Quintus Aemilius Augurinus, formerly their most dutiful sons.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
For Lady Caelestis, for the safety of the emperors Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [[and Marcus Aurelius Commodus]], Augusti, [[and
Bruttia Crispina, Augusta]]; Lucius Aemilius Calprurnius Muse and Mucia Pudentilla, his (scil. wife) gave and dedicated (scil.
this) on account of the honours paid to Lucius Aemilius Mucianus and Quintus Aemilius Augurinus, formerly their most dutiful
sons.
Bibliography: Méhier de Mathuisieulx, 1904 274, whence AE 1903.355; Méhier de Mathuisieulx, 1904 8, whence CIL VIII, suppl.4, 1916 22689; Aurigemma, 1915a 241 ff. and fig.; Aurigemma, 1940b, 134, fig. 2; IRT, 1952 2, whence Brouquier-Reddé, 1992 188-9 IRT, 2009 2; Alföldy, 1998 , with plate and drawing, whence AE 1998.1518, EDH 031626; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.X.23)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 860 Leica)
Fig. 3. Face (Roueché 2010)
