Description: Rectangular marble
base (w:
0.58 x h:
1.42 x d:
0.58).
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w:
0.27 x h:
1.11).
Letters: Rustic capitals: line 1, 0.065; line 2-5, 0.05; remainder, 0.035-0.04.
Date: Before CE 193. (prosopography)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Colonnaded Street - in the monumental exedra at the head of the street.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
Interpretive
Septimiae
Pollae L(uci)
Septimi Seueri
IIuir(i) flam(inis) perp(etui)
5 fil(iae) P(ublius) Septimius
Geta her(es) sorori
sanctissimae
ex arg(ento) p(ondo) CXXXXIIII
S = = Σ ((stop)) decreto ((stop))
10splendidissimi
ordinis posuit
ex testamento
eius huic dono
uicesimam et
15 arg(enti) ((stop)) p(ondo) ((stop)) IIII ((stop)) S = = Σ
amplius quam le-
gatum est adiecit
Diplomatic
SEPTIMIAE
POLLAEL
SEPTIMISEUERI
IIUIRFLAMPERP
5FILPSEPTIMIUS
GETAHERSORORI
SANCTISSIMAE
EXARGPCXXXXIIII
S = = Σ • DECRETO •
10SPLENDIDISSIMI
ORDINISPOSUIT
EXTESTAMENTO
EIUSHUICDONO
UICESIMAMET
15ARG • P • IIII • S = = Σ
AMPLIUSQUAMLE
GATUMESTADIECIT
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To Septimia Polla, daughter of Lucius Septimius Severus, duumvir, perpetual flamen (priest); Publius Septimius Geta, her heir, t o his most innocent sister; made from 144 pounds and 10 1/2 ounces of silver he erected
(scil. this) by decree of the most splendid city council in accordance with her will, and in addition he gave ?the tax of
the 20th on heirlooms and 4 lbs 10 1/2 ounces of silver in addition to what was bequeathed.
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1950, 68 , whence AE, 1950.158; IRT, 1952, 607, whence IRT, 2009, 607, whence EDH 021958; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections. Discussed Guey, 1951 , whence AE 1952, page 37; Guey, 1949 , whence AE 1954, page 17.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 937)
