Description: Fragment of a
columnar milestone. h:
1.02.
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: Line 1, 0.075-0.085, I 0.11, lines 2 following variable, 0.042-0.055
Date: CE 216: GODOT (context)
Findspot:
Coastal Belt:
Coast Road: Oea-Lepcis Magna:
Coast Road: Oea-Lepcis Magna:
Found near the Zavia of Sidi Mohammed ben-Brahim,
on the main road approximately 10 km. East of Lepcis
Original location: Findspot: Coast Road: Oea-Lepcis Magna
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
Interpretive
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari)
diui Septimi Seueri
Pii Arabici Adiabenici
Parthici maximi
5Brittanici maximi
filio diui Marci Anto-
nini Pii Germanici
Sarmatici nepoti diui
Antonini Pii pronepoti
10diui Hadriani ab-
nepoti diui Traiani
Parthici et diui Nerue
ad-
nepoti M(arco) Aurellio
Antonino Pio Felici
15Aug(usto) Parthi-
co maximo
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Diplomatic
IMPCAES
DIUISEPTIMISEUERI
PIIARABICIADIABENICI
PARTHICIMAXIMI
5BRITTANICIMAXIMI
FILIODIUIMARCIANTO
NINIPIIGERMANICI
SARMATICINEPOTIDIUI
ANTONINIPIIPRONEPOTI
10DIUIHADRIANIAB
NEPOTIDIUITRAIANI
PARTHICIETDIUINERUE
AD
NEPOTIMAURELLIO
ANTONINOPIOFELICI
15AUGPARTHI
COMAXIMO
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English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
To emperor Caesar, son of deified Septimius Severus, Pius, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia,
greatest victor in Britannia, grandson of deified Antoninus Pius, victor in Germany, victor in Sarmatia, great grandson of
deified Antoninus Pius, great great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great great grandson of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia
and of deified Nerva, Marcus Aurellius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, greatest victor in Parthia [ . . .
Bibliography: Aurigemma, 1925a, 5, pp. 19-21 and figs. 2-3; listed Goodchild, 1948, 5, p.10; IRT, 1952, 929, without transcription, whence IRT, 2009, 929, whence EDH 059766
Images
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