abcdefghijkl
Description: Fragments of a marble
panel, 0.025 thick.
a) w:
0.215 x h:
0.255
b) w:
0.24 x h:
0.155
c) w:
0.42 x h:
0.43
d) w:
0.15 x h:
0.21
e) w:
0.25 x h:
0.34
f) w:
0.23 x h:
0.19
g) w:
0.26 x h:
0.17
h) w:
0.25 x h:
0.24
i) w:
0.13 x h:
0.125
j) not measurable
k) w:
0.09 x h:
0.07
l) w:
0.11 x h:
0.12
Fragments a) to d) upper edge.
Fragments e) and f) no edges surviving.
Fragments g) and h) no edges surviving.
Fragments i) and j) no edges surviving.
Fragments k ) and l) no edges surviving.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Elaborate capitals:Fragments a) to d): 0.135Fragments e) and f):0.135.Fragments g) and h): 0.145.Fragments i) and j) : 0.11Fragments
k ) and l): lettering not measurable:
Date: CE 201 or 202 (titulature)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V,
All found in the Punic Market, except a) found in the portico behind the Theatre.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
a.[---] of Hadrian[---]
b. (Not usefully translatable)
( c-e)[---]holding tribunician power [for the] ?tenth time [---] greatest victor in Parthia[--- A]ugustus (case not known)[Uictor in A]rabia[---]
f-line (Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
e) line 1. Probably Septimius Severus in 201 (trib. pot. IX imp. XI) or 202 (trib. pot. X imp. XI). The elaborate, fine-quality lettering is unusual and would more naturally be Commodan; it can hardly be later than Severus.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 394, whence IRT, 2009, 394, whence EDH 059314; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.22)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XVI.15)