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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1227. Honours for Severan emperors; building inscription for a cistern

Description: Limestone block w: 1.02 x h: 0.35
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: 0.065-0.075

Date: 198-211 CE (reign)

Findspot: Gasr Zerzi: built into a cistern beside the Gasr
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Impp(eratoribus) Caess(aribus) Lucio Sepṭimio Seuero
Pio Per(tinace) Aug(usto) et M(arco) Aurelio Antoni-
no et ⟦[P(ublio)]⟧ Septimio ⟦G̣[eta]e⟧ Caes(ari) Aug(usto)
et Iuliae Aug(ustae) matri castr(orum) cister(na?)

Diplomatic

IMPPCAESSLUCIOSEP.IMIOSEUERO
PIOPERAUGETMAURELIOANTONI
NOET⟦[..]⟧SEPTIMIO⟦.[...]E⟧CAESAUG
ETIULIAEAUGMATRICASTRCISTER

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

For the emperors Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Publius Septimius Geta (erased), Caesar, Augustus and Julia Augusta the mother of the camps, a cistern.

Bibliography: Brogan-Reynolds, 1964 2, p. 44, whence EDCS 74000012

Images

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