Description: Fragment from the upper part of a marble
panel
(w:
0.50 x h:
0.21).
Text: Inscribed on the panel face.
Letters: Fourth century lettering: 0.045-0.03.
Date: CE 306-337 or CE 337-340 (reign)
Findspot:
Sabratha: Regio I, Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
1: [Restitu]tori oru[is requie]i et p[ub]licae [salutis] Degrassi A., 1954; There is insufficient room for oru[is requie]i - 5 letters at the maximum can be restored here. Perhaps orb[is et ]reipublicae, mis-spelt by an illiterate craftsman. Reynolds, 1955
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To [the restorer] of the world [---and of the public affairs], most provident and most glorious [Emperor] Caesar Flavius Constantine [--- Augustus], chief [priest], holding tribunician [power for the ? time ---]
Commentary
Constantine the Great, Augustus 306-337, or Constantine II, Caesar 317-337, Augustus 337-340.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 54, on which Degrassi A., 1954 115, whence Reynolds, 1955 142, whence IRT, 2009, 54, whence EDH 059047; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
