Description: Limestone
panel
in six fragments
w:
0.61 x d:
0.11
Text:
Inscribed, with traces of red paint in the letters.
Letters: 0.04-0.045
Date: 248 CE: GODOT (internal date)
Findspot: Bu Njem:
Fort, Principia
in the Chapel of Standards; found in 1967 and 1970
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Tripoli Castle (part)
Interpretive
⟦[Im]pp(eratoribus) dd(ominis) nn(ostris) Philipp[is]
[Aug]g(ustis)⟧ ((leaf)) M(arco) Aurel(io) Cominio
Cassiano ((stop)) leg(ato) ((stop)) Augg(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimo) u(iro)
et Lucretio Marcello ((stop)) u(iro) ((stop)) e(gregio) ((leaf))
5proc(uratore) ⟦ Augg(ustorum) nn(ostrorum)⟧ praeposito ((stop))
limitis Tripolitanae ((leaf))
C(aius) Iulius Do[n]atus dec(urio)
alae ((stop)) Flaui[a]e ((leaf)) ⟦Philip⟧-
pianae ((leaf)) pr[ae]fectus
10⟦a dd(ominis) nn(ostris) Au[gg](ustis)⟧ prae-
fuit ((stop)) uex[illationi]
Golensi et ((stop)) [---]
⟦Impp(eratoribus) Philippo ((stop)) III ((stop)) et Phi-
lippo ((stop)) II ((stop))⟧ co(n)s(ulibus) ((leaf))
Diplomatic
⟦[..]PPDDNNPHILIPP[..]
[...]G⟧ ❦ MAURELCOMINIO
CASSIANO • LEG • AUGGPRPRCU
ETLUCRETIOMARCELLO • U • E ❦
5PROC⟦AUGGNN⟧PRAEPOSITO •
LIMITISTRIPOLITANAE ❦
CIULIUSDO[.]ATUSDEC
ALAE • FLAUI[.]E ❦ ⟦PHILIP⟧
PIANAE ❦ PR[..]FECTUS
10⟦ADDNNAU[..]⟧PRAE
FUIT • UEX[.........]
GOLENSIET • [---]
⟦IMPPPHILIPPO • III • ETPHI
LIPPO • II • ⟧COS ❦
French translation
Translation source: Le Bohec, 1991
Sous les deux empereurs Philippe, nos seigneurs, le clarissime Marcus Aurelius Cominius Cassianus étant légat impérial propréteur
et le distingué Lucretius Marcellus, procurateur impérial, étant commandant du limes de Tripolitaine, Caius Julius Donatus,
promu decurión de l'aile Flavienne Philippienne par nos augustes seigneurs, a été mis à la tête de la uexillatio de Bu Njem
et de..., sous le consulat des empereurs Philippe, pour la troisième fois, et Philippe, pour la deuxième fois.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Under the Emperors, our lords Philip (I and II), the Augusti (erased), and Marcus Aurelius Cominius Cassianus legate of the Augusti with propraetorian powers, most spendid man and Lucius Marcellus,
of egregius rank, procurator of our Augusti (erased), in charge of the Tripolitanian frontier: Caius Julius Donatus, put in command as decurion of the Flavian detachment by our
Augusti (erased), commanded the Golaian compoany and [ . . . ]; the consuls were emperor Philip for the third time and emperor Philip for
the second time (erased).
Bibliography: Rebuffat, 1985 127-141, whence AE 1985.849; Rebuffat, 1979 125-138, pl. 41 u. 42., Le Bohec, 1991 307-309, whence AE 1992.1758, AE 1993.1709; EDH 007026
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