Description: One complete (w:
0.80 x h:
0.46 x d:
0.46) and one fragmentary
(w:
0.34 x h:
0.46 x d:
0.46)
block of stuccoed sandstone
Text: Inscribed with a monumental inscription.
Letters: First century lapidary capitals: 0.29.
Date: 23-5 BCE: GODOT, perhaps 12-11 BCE: GODOT (titulature)
Findspot:
Sabratha: Regio I, Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
Original location: From one of the public buildings of the Forum area.
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
a) To [Emperor] Caesar [---]
b) [---] consul (or perhaps acclaimed victor) for the eleventh time, holding tribunician power [for the --- time ---]
Commentary
( Probably Augustus, cos. XI in 23 B.C., cos. XII in 5 B.C.; or imp. XI in 12 B.C., imp. XII in 11 B.C.. After Tiberius, who was never either cos. XI or imp. XI, these titles are rarely placed before trib. pot.) -->
Bibliography: IRT, 1952 14, whence IRT, 2009 14, whence EDH 059013; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 166)