Building inscription under Augustus
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
source date: 2 CE: GODOT and GODOT
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Imperatore Caesare Diui filio Augusto pontifice maximo tribunicia potestate XXIV consule XIII patre patriae Annobal ornator patriae amator concordiae flamen sufes praefectus sacrorum Himilchonis Tapapi filius Rufus de sua pecunia faciendum coerauit idemque dedicauit

ḥnbᶜl my šql ᵓrṣ mḥb dᶜt h tmt zbḥ špṭ ᵓdr ᶜzrm bn ḥmlkt ṭbḥpy rᵓps b tᵓr m b tm pᶜl w ᵓyqdš

i. When Emperor Caesar Augustus, son of the deified Caesar, chief priest, was holding tribunician power for the twentyfourth time, consul for the thirteenth, father of the country, Annobal, adorner of his country, lover of concord, flamen [local priest], sufete, in charged of sacred things, son of Himilcho Tapapius Rufus, saw to the construction at his own expense and also dedicated it.

ii. Annobal, adorner of the fatherland, lover of complete knowledge, flamen, sufete, prefect, of the cult, son of Imilcho Tapaphius Rufus, son of 'RM, made and dedicated this at his own expense.

Line 4-5. Annobal Tapapius Rufus. See 319 , n. 8.

Discussion of the Neo-Punic text: Jongeling, K. 1983, ‘Neo-punische-latijnse inscripties uit Lepcis Magna (Libye)’ in 13, 412-413; Amadasi Guzzo, M.G. 1986. 'L'onomastica nelle iscrizioni puniche tripolitane' in 14, 21-51; Giardina (1988), 67-87; Jongeling (2008), Labdah N16b; Cooley (2012), 257-259.