Description: Rectangular base
(w:
0.67 x h:
1.22 x d:
0.62) of yellowish limestone, standing on a moulded plinth.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w:
0.325 x h:
0.66).
Letters: Rustic capitals: 0.038-0.024.
Date: CE 195 (prosopography)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V,
Theatre, against the facade wall of the cavea, at the foot of the central staircase.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
Interpretive
P(ublio) Septimio Getae c(larissimo) u(iro) X
uir(o) stlitibus iudican-
dis trib(uno) latic(lauio) leg(ionis) II Aug(ustae)
quaest(ori) prouin(ciae) Cretae et
5Cyrenarum aed(ili) cereali
curatori rei pub(licae) Anconita-
norum praet(ori) hastario et tu-
telar(io) sacerdoti fetiali leg(ato)
leg(ionis) I Italicae proco(n)s(uli) Siciliae
10leg̣(ato) Augg⟦g⟧(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore) prouinciae
Lusitaniae co(n)s(uli) leg(ato) Augg⟦g⟧(ustorum)
pr(o) pr(aetore) prouinciae Mysiae In-
ferioris leg(ato) Au[g(ustorum) p]r(o) pr(aetore)
prouinc(iarum) Daciarum
15curia Dacica ex uoto posuit
Diplomatic
PSEPTIMIOGETAECUX
UIRSTLITIBUSIUDICAN
DISTRIBLATICLEGIIAUG
QUAESTPROUINCRETAEET
5CYRENARUMAEDCEREALI
CURATORIREIPUBANCONITA
NORUMPRAETHASTARIOETTU
TELARSACERDOTIFETIALILEG
LEGIITALICAEPROCOSSICILIAE
10LE.AUGG⟦G⟧PRPRPROUINCIAE
LUSITANIAECOSLEGAUGG⟦G⟧
PRPRPROUINCIAEMYSIAEIN
FERIORISLEGAU[...][.]RPR
PROUINCDACIARUM
15CURIADACICAEXUOTOPOSUIT
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
(scil. In honour of) Publius Septimius Geta, splendid man (of senatorial status), member of the commitee of ten who judge lawsuits, senatorial tribune of Legion II Augusta, quaestor of the province of Crete
and Cyrenae, an aedile concerned with the corn-supply of Rome, curator of the city of Ancona, praetor concerned with the centumviral
court and guardianship, fetial priest, legate of Legion I Italica, proconsul of Sicily, legate of three Augusti (emended to two) with propraetorian power in the province of Lusitania, consul, legate of three Augusti (emended to two) with propraetorian power in the province of Mysia Inferior, legate of three Augusti (damaged but surely emended to two) in the Dacian provinces; the Curia Dacica set this up in accordance with a vow.
Bibliography: Bersanetti, 1942, 105 ff. , whence AE 1946.131; mentioned Aurigemma, 1950, 72-73 , whence AE 1950 page 55; IRT, 1952, 541, whence IRT, 2009, 541, whence EDH 022609; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 140 Lastre)
