Restitutor[i ---]
humani gen[eris ---]
ac super omn[es --- indul-]
genṭịṣṣimo [principi ---]
5( vac. 3)-b[---]
d(omino) n(ostro) [---]
Description: Upper left-hand corner of a panel
(w:
0.44 x h:
0.44)
of cream marble,
Text: Inscribed on the panel face; 186 was inscribed on the reverse face.
Letters: Third to fourth centuries capitals: line 1, 0.045; line 2, 0.055; lines 3 and 4, 0.05.
Date: Third to fourth centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Sabratha:
Amphitheatre, in the underground corridor which bisects the arena (Bartoccini, MS notes)
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum.
Restitutor[i ---]
humani gen[eris ---]
ac super omn[es --- indul-]
genṭịṣṣimo [principi ---]
5( vac. 3)-b[---]
d(omino) n(ostro) [---]
RESTITUTOR[.---]
HUMANIGEN[....---]
ACSUPEROMN[..---.....-]
GEN....IMO[........---]
5 B[---]
DN[---]
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To the restorer [---] of the human race [---] and above all (scil. others)[---] most indulgent emperor [---], our lord, [---]
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 85, whence IRT, 2009, 85, whence EDH 059076; Montali, 2015 52; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..
