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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0270. Dedication to Ceres

Description: Rectangular base (w: 0.50 x h: 0.78 x d: 0.55) of grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.21 x h: 0.60).
Letters: Second to third centuries irregular capitals :line 1, 0.06; line 2, 0.55; remainder, 0.04-0.035.

Date: Second to third centuries (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio V, Theatre, in the West dressing room.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Cereri
Luciferae
Antoniae Q(uinti) f(iliae) Uicto-
rinae con-
5iugi raris-
simae {Q} Q(uintus)
Iulius Iustus
ex d(ecreto) o(rdinis)

Diplomatic

CERERI
LUCIFERAE
ANTONIAEQFUICTO
RINAECON
5IUGIRARIS
SIMAEQQ
IULIUSIUSTUS
EXDO

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To Ceres, bringer of light; for Antonia Victorina, daughter of Quintus, an outstanding wife; (scil. set up by) Quintus Julius Justus in accordance with a decree of the city council.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 270, whence IRT, 2009, 270, whence EDH 059236; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.;

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 118 or 119 Lastre)