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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0085. Dedication to third/fourth century emperor

Description: Upper left-hand corner of a panel (w: 0.44 x h: 0.44) of cream marble,
Text: Inscribed on the panel face; 186 was inscribed on the reverse face.
Letters: Third to fourth centuries capitals: line 1, 0.045; line 2, 0.055; lines 3 and 4, 0.05.

Date: Third to fourth centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: Amphitheatre, in the underground corridor which bisects the arena (Bartoccini, MS notes)
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Sabratha Museum.

Interpretive


Restitutor[i ---]
humani gen[eris ---]
ac super omn[es --- indul-]
genṭịṣṣimo [principi ---]
5( vac. 3)-b[---]
d(omino) n(ostro) [---]

Diplomatic


RESTITUTOR[.---]
HUMANIGEN[....---]
ACSUPEROMN[..---.....-]
GEN....IMO[........---]
5      B[---]
DN[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To the restorer [---] of the human race [---] and above all (scil. others)[---] most indulgent emperor [---], our lord, [---]

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 85, whence IRT, 2009, 85, whence EDH 059076; Montali, 2015 52; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XVIII.23)

   Fig. 2. From top: 153, 85, 129; Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 820 Leica)

   Fig. 3. From top: 153, 85; Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XI.19)