Description: Five fragments of a statue
base in local limestone,
w:
0.48 x h:
1.44 x d:
0.33
Text:
Inscribed elegantly on the face.
Letters: 0.037-0.058; ligatures
Date: First quarter of the third century (context)
Findspot: Wadi Zemzem:
Gheriat el-Garbia, re-used in the late Roman external
blocking of the carriageway of the main gate (porta praetoria); found in 2009.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Excavation depot; inventory 09/5-7
Interpretive
⟦[Iuliae] Ṃạṃạẹạ⟧e
⟦[mat]ṛị Ạụg̣(usti) n(ostri)
[Imp(eratoris)] Ṃ(arci) Ạụṛ(eli) Seueri
[Ale]x̣ạṇḍṛị P̣ịị F̣⟧e(licis)
5⟦[Aug(usti)] [mil(ites)] ụẹxil⟧la-
[⟦tio⟧](nis) ⟦leg(ionis) III Ạ[u]g(ustae)⟧ P(iae) U(indicis)
⟦[Se]ueriaṇạẹ⟧ prae-
tendentes Myd-
deuoti numini
10m[a]iestatiq(ue) eorum
cu[r]ante Aelio Cre-
[sce]ntino ((centurio)) p(rae)p(osito).
Diplomatic
⟦[......]......⟧E
⟦[...].....N
[...]....SEUERI
[...]..........⟧E
5⟦[...][...]..XIL⟧LA
[...]⟦LEGIII.[.]G⟧PU
⟦[..]UERIA...⟧PRAE
TENDENTESMYD
DEUOTINUMINI
10M[.]IESTATIQEORUM
CU[.]ANTEAELIOCRE
[...]NTINO 𐆛 PP
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
For Julia Mammaea mother of our Augutus Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius, Felix, Augustus: soldiers of the company
of the the Third Legion Augusta Pia Vindex Severiana, in charge of Myd-, devoted to their divine power and majesty (scil.
dedicated this); Aelius Crescentinus the centruion in command, oversaw (scil. the work).
Bibliography: Mackensen, 2010 441-447, whence AE 2010.1786; Mackensen, 2012 58, note 1, whence EDCS 59600076
Images
Fig. 1. Drawing of assembled fragments (Mackensen, n.d.)
Fig. 2. Upper moulding and face (Mackensen, 2010)
Fig. 3. Lower part (Mackensen, 2010)
Fig. 4. Lower part (Mackensen, n.d.)
Fig. 5. Face (Mackensen, n.d.)
