WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0032. Dedication? to Marcus Aurelius or Commodus

Description: Fragment of a marble panel (w: 0.18 x h: 0.15, no edges surviving).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Second to third century lapidary capitals: line l, 0.045; line 2, 0.04.

Date: CE 175 (if M. Aurelius) or CE 186 (if Commodus) (titulature)

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

Interpretive

[---] Germ[(anic)]- [---]
[--- i]mp(erator)- VIII c̣[o(n)s][(ul)]- [---]

Diplomatic

[---]GERM[---]
[---.]MPVIII.[.][.---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[---] Victor in Germany, [---], acclaimed victor eight times, consul ( case unknown) [---]

Commentary

Probably M. Aurelius, Germanicus in June 175, imp. VIII in autumn 175; or Commodus, Germanicus in 175, imp. VIII in 186.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 32, whence IRT, 2009, 32, whence EDH 059027; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: Above: Unidentified, 73, Unidentified; Below: 32: Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 762 Leica)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)