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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1059. Dedication

Description: Limestone block in seven fragments: assembled, w: 0.52 x h: 1.30 x d: 0.25-6
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: 0.06-0.075

Date: 235 AD – 238 AD (reign)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, reused in the Baths.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tripoli Castle (part)

Interpretive

[I(oui) Ọ(ptimo) ] M(aximo)
pro salute et inco-
lumitate dd(ominorum) ṇ[n](ostrorum)
Impp(eratorum) ⟦C̣(ai) [Iuli Ueri Maxi-]
5[mini]⟧ Pii Felici Aug(usti) ⟦e[t] C̣(ai)
[Iulii Ueri Maximi n(obilissimi) C(aesaris)]⟧
⟦ uexill(atio) [leg(ionis) III Aug(ustae) P(iae) U(indicis)]⟧ aram Cerei
consecrauit M(arcus) [Caecili-]
us Felixs ⟦((centurio)) [leg(ionis) III Aug(ustae) P(iae) U(indicis)]⟧
10⟦Maximiana⟧e p(rae)p(ositus) uex[ill](ationis)
per uexillationem leg(ionis) III [Aug(ustae)]
et numerum conlatum fac(iendum) cur(auit)

Diplomatic

[..]M
PROSALUTEETINCO
LUMITATEDD.[.]
IMPP⟦.[............-]
5[....]⟧PIIFELICIAUG⟦E[.].
[.................]⟧
⟦UEXILL[...........]⟧ARAMCEREI
CONSECRAUITM[.......-]
USFELIXS⟦ 𐆛 ⟧⟦[...........]⟧
10⟦MAXIMIANA⟧EPPUEX[...]
PERUEXILLATIONEMLEGIII[...]
ETNUMERUMCONLATUMFACCUR

10: Severian]]e Rebuffat, 1967
11: LEG III written over an erasure

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

To Jove, Best and Greatest. For the health and safety of our lords, the Emperors Caesar Caius Julius Verus Maximinus (erased), Pius, Felix, Augustus, and Caius Julius Verus Maximus (erased), a company of the Third Legion Augusta, Pious, Avenger (erased): Marcus Caecilius Felix, centurion of the Third Legion, Pious, Avenger, Maximian (erased), commanding the company consecrated the altar to Ceres; he took care of the work deploying the company of the Third Legion Augusta (erased) and the auxiliary unit.

Bibliography: Rebuffat, 1967 67-15, pages 96-98, whence AE 1972.677, whence EDH 009997; with further fragments Rebuffat, 1979a , whence Le Bohec, 1986, 236-237, (mentioned AE 1986.704), EDCS 48200101, with drawings, photogra[h.

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