Description:
Lintel (w:
3.17 x h:
0.97 x d:
0.30)
of grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed within a moulded tabella ansata
(die, w:
2.315 x h:
0.62);
there is a rosette in relief within each ansa and clasped hands in relief in
the centre of line 2, between the words patre and Patriae. Two lines of Neo-Punic
follow the Latin text (unpublished but identical with the Neo-Punic text of 321,
q.v.) . Uniform with 321, 323. The text is identical with that of 323.
Letters: Lapidary capitals: 0.09-0.065
Date: 2 CE: GODOT and GODOT (internal date)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V,
Theatre, in
situ above the door from the orchestra into the East lateral corridor.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Theatre, in situ above the door from the orchestra into the East lateral corridor.
Interpretive
i
Imp(eratore) Caesare Diui f(ilio) Aug(usto) pont(ifice) max(imo) tr(ibunicia) pot(estate) XXIV
co(n)s(ule) XIII patre patr(iae)
Annobal ornator patriae amator concordiae
5 flamen sufes praef(ectus) sacr(orum) Himilchonis Tapapi f(ilius) Rufus
d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) fac(iendum) coer(auit) idemq(ue) dedicauit ii
ḥnbᶜl myšql ᵓrṣ m-
ḥb dᶜt htmt zbḥ špṭ ᵓdr ᶜzrm bn ḥmlkt ṭbḥpy rᵓps btᵓrm btm pᶜl wᵓyqdš
Diplomatic
i
IMPCAESAREDIUIFAUGPONTMAXTRPOTXXIV
COSXIIIPATREPATR
ANNOBALORNATORPATRIAEAMATORCONCORDIAE
5FLAMENSUFESPRAEFSACRHIMILCHONISTAPAPIFRUFUS
DSPFACCOERIDEMQDEDICAUIT ii
ḤNBᶜLMYŠQLᵓRṢM
ḤBDᶜTHTMTZBḤŠPṬᵓDRᶜZRMBNḤMLKTṬBḤPYRᵓPSBTᵓRMBTMPᶜLWᵓYQDŠ
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
i. When Emperor Caesar Augustus, son of the deified (scil. Caesar), chief priest, was (scil. )holding tribunician power for
the twentyfourth time, consul for the thirteenth, father of the country, Annobal, adorner of his country, lover of concord,
flamen (local priest), sufete, in charged of sacred things, son of Himilcho Tapapius Rufus, saw to the construction at his own expense and also
dedicated it.
English translation
Translation source:
ii. Annobal, adorner of the fatherland, lover of complete knowledge, flamen, sufete, prefect, of the cult, son of Imilcho
Tapaphius Rufus, son of 'RM, made and dedicated this at his own expense.
Bibliography: Caputo, 1940 197 ff, fig.15; IRT, 1952, 322, whence IRT, 2009, 322, whence EDH 059267 Levi Della Vida, 1938 104-109, whence Levi Della Vida, 1987 59-60, whence Jongeling, 2008 Labdah N16b; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1281 Lastre)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 798(?)Leica)
