Description: Rectangular base (w:
0.602 x h:
1.44 x d:
0.62) of brown limestone; the right-hand face of 454, with moulding above and below.
Text: Very lightly inscribed on a rough surface; (die, w:
0.48 x h:
0.83).
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: 0.045-0.06.
Date: 1 May 305 - August 306 CE (titulature)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio IV,
Forum Severianum, South Portico.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
3: Flaui IRT, 1952
7: d(ecurionum) d(ecreto) Ciotti, 1948 but this does not figure on the stone.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To our [Lord] the unconquered and most noble Caesar, Flavius Valerius Severus; the Lepcitanians, devoted to his divine power and majesty, (scil. set this up) publicly.
Italian translation
Translation source: Tantillo-Bigi, 2010
Al nostro signore, Cesare invitto e nobilissimo, Flavio Valerio Severo, i Leptitani, devoti al suo nume e alla sua maestà, a spese pubbliche
English translation
Translation source: LSA, 2012
To our lord, the unconquered and most noble Caesar, Flavius Valerius Severus; the people of Lepcis (Lepcitani), devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up] with public funds.
Bibliography: Ciotti, 1948 120; IRT, 1952, 463, whence IRT, 2009, 463; Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 4, LSA, 2012, 2150 (Tantillo and Bigi), EDH (Gräf, 2016) 059357; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1533 Leica)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 585)
Fig. 3. Face, drawing: Bigi (2009)
Fig. 4. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 745)
Fig. 5. Face: Tantillo (2005)
Fig. 6. Top: Tantillo, 2008 (P1050726)