Description: Rectangular base (w:
0.48 x h:
1.05 x d:
0.50) of brown limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w:
0.36 x h:
0.93).
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: 0.04-0.05; dot for stop.
Date: CE 307-308 (titulature)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Forum Severianum, North West angle.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
Interpretive
[In]dulgentissimo
ac libertatis re-
stitutori uic-
tori{ori}osis-
5simoque Impe-
ratori ((stop)) ( vac. )
d(omino) n(ostro) ((stop)) Maxentio
P(io) F(elici) inuicto Aug(usto)
Uolusius ( vac. )
10Donatianus
u(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) p(rouinciae) Tripol(itanae) ((leaf))
numini maies-
tatiq(ue) [e]ius dicatiss(imus)
Diplomatic
[..]DULGENTISSIMO
ACLIBERTATISRE
STITUTORIUIC
TORIORIOSIS
5SIMOQUEIMPE
RATORI •
DN • MAXENTIO
PFINUICTOAUG
UOLUSIUS
10DONATIANUS
UPPPTRIPOL ❦
NUMINIMAIES
TATIQ[.]IUSDICATISS
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To the most indulgent, and moreover restorer of freedom, and most victorious emperor, our lord Maxentius Pius, Felix, unconquered
Augustus; Volusius Donatianus, most excellent man ( i.e. of equestrian status), governor of the province of Tripolitania, deeply devoted to his divine power and majesty.
Italian translation
Translation source: Tantillo-Bigi, 2010
All’indulgentissimo, restitutore della libertà, vittoriosissimo imperatore, nostro signore Massenzio Pio Felice invitto Augusto,
Volusius Donatianus, uomo perfettissimo, governatore della Prouincia di Tripolitania, quanto mai devoto al suo nume e alla
sua maestà
English translation
Translation source: LSA, 2012
To the most indulgent, and restorer of freedom, and most victorious emperor, our lord Maxentius, pious, fortunate, unconquered
Augustus. Volusius Donatianus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Tripolitania, most dedicated
to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
Bibliography: Bersanetti, 1944 27 ff., from a transcription by Caputo, whence AE 1946.149; IRT, 1952, 465, whence IRT, 2009, 465; Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 6, LSA, 2012, 2152 (Tantillo and Bigi), EDH (Bigi, 2014) 022660; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 583)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 746)
Fig. 3. Face: Tantillo (n.d.)
