WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0026. Dedications to daughters of Marcus Aurelius

Description: Three similar marble panels (w: 0.59-0.60 x h: 0.44), probably related to, and roughly contemporary with, 25.
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Lapidary capitals: line 1, 0.115; line 2, 0.095.

Date: CE 164-166 (titulature, context)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio I, Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Sabratha Museum.

Interpretive

a
Fadillae
Aug(usti) f(iliae)
b
Cornificiae
Aug(usti) f(iliae)
c
Faustinae
Aug(usti) f(iliae)

Diplomatic

a
FADILLAE
AUGF
b
CORNIFICIAE
AUGF
c
FAUSTINAE
AUGF

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

a) To Fadilla, daughter of Augustus

b) To Cornificia, daughter of Augustus

c) To Faustina, daughter of Augustus

Commentary

These are all daughters of Marcus Aurelius.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 26, whence IRT, 2009, 26, whence EDH 059022; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. 26a: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219, detail)

   Fig. 2. From left: 26b and 26c: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219, detail)

   Fig. 3. From left: Upper row: 26a, 26b, 26c; Middle row: 19 (above), 25c (below), 17, 128 (above), 64 (below); Lower row: 25b, 625a, 20: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)