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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0366. Fragmentary dedication to Antoninus Pius

Description: Fragment of a marble panel (w: 0.15 x h: 0.175 x d: 0.02, no edges surviving).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Lapidary capitals: 0.07.

Date: CE 138 (reign)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: , Found in the Forum Severianum.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Lepcis Museum.

Interpretive

[Im]p(eratori) T(ito) A[elio Caesari Antonino ---]
[. P]lautiu[---]

Diplomatic

[..]PTA[...................---]
.]LAUTIU[---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[To em]peror Titus A[elius Caesar Antoninus---] Plautius [---]

Commentary

Line 1: Probably before the death of Hadrian.

Bibliography: Relazioni di Scavo 9.6.28 ; IRT, 1952, 366, whence IRT, 2009, 366, whence EDH 059291; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Above left: 366, right 528; below 748: Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.12)