Description: Moulded base (w:
0.70 x h:
1.46 x d:
0.66) of grey marble.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w:
0.34 x h:
0.64).
Letters: Rustic capitals: 0.03-0.04.
Date: CE 199: GODOT (internal date)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the
Temple of Liber Pater.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
Interpretive
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) diui Marci Antonini
Pii Germ(anici) Sarm(atici) f(ilio) diui Commodi
fratri diui Antonini Pii
nep(oti) diui Hadriani pro-
5nep(oti) diui Traiani Parthi-
ci abnep(oti) diui Neruae
adnep(oti)
L(ucio) Septimio Seuero
Pio Pertinaci Aug(usto)
10Arabico Adiabeni-
co Parthico ma-
ximo trib(unicia) potest(ate)
VII imp(eratori) XI co(n)s(uli) II p(atri) p(atriae)
proco(n)s(uli) Lepcitani publice
Diplomatic
IMPCAESDIUIMARCIANTONINI
PIIGERMSARMFDIUICOMMODI
FRATRIDIUIANTONINIPII
NEPDIUIHADRIANIPRO
5NEPDIUITRAIANIPARTHI
CIABNEPDIUINERUAE
ADNEP
LSEPTIMIOSEUERO
PIOPERTINACIAUG
10ARABICOADIABENI
COPARTHICOMA
XIMOTRIBPOTEST
VIIIMPXICOSIIPP
PROCOSLEPCITANIPUBLICE
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To emperor Caesar, son of deified Marcus Antoninus Pius, victor in Germany, victor in Sarmatia, brother of deified Commodus,
grandson of deified Antoninus Pius, great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great grandson of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia,
great great great grandson of deified Nerva, Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax, Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in
Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, holding tribunician power for the seventh time, acclaimed victor eleven times, consul
twice, father of the country, proconsul; the Lepcitanians publicly.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 389, whence IRT, 2009, 389, whence EDH 059312; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1471 Leica)
