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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1020. Honours for the Severan emperors

Description: Limestone architrave block, w: 1.85 x h: 0.58 x d: 0.60
Text: Inscribed on the face below a moulding
Letters: 0.09

Date: 198-209 CE (reign)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Road from the Circus to the Port, Amphitheatre.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Imp(erator) Caes(ar) L(ucius) Septimius Seuerus Pius Perti[nax Aug(ustus)--- et]
Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Marcus Aurellius Antoninus [Pius Aug(ustus) --- et P(ublius) Septimius Geta]
⟦Caes[ar] [[Au]g(ustus)]⟧ et Iulia Aug(usta) mater Aug(ustorum) [et castrorum ---]

Diplomatic

IMPCAESLSEPTIMIUSSEUERUSPIUSPERTI[......---..]
IMPCAESMARCUSAURELLIUSANTONINUS[.......---................]
⟦CAES[.....]⟧ETIULIAAUGMATERAUG[...........---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus [ . . . and] Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [Augustus . . . and Publius Septimius Geta] Caesar Augustus (erased) and Julia Augusta mother of the Augusti [and of the camps . . .

Bibliography: Pellegrino, 2018, 3, whence AE, 2018.1886, EDCS 73400457

Images

   Fig. 1. 1020 (Kenrick, 2008)


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