7. Dedication to Constans and Constantius II

Description:
The left side of a marble panel (surviving, w: 0.48 x h: 0.44).  
Text:
Inscribed on the face. 
Letters:
Fourth century capitals: 0.065-0.070. 
Date:
A.D. 340-350 (reign) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Theatre 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum. 
Bibliography:
Not previously published. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
[ - - - ]ỊV[·· ? ·· et toto]
orbe uicto[ribus ·· ? ··]
d(ominis) n(ostris) Fl(auio) Iulio C[onstante et]
[Fl(auio) I]ulio Constaṇ[tio ·· ? ··]
5Ḥerculis ḶỌ[·· ? ··]
ḥorro[·· ? ··]
[---]
[ - - - ]·V[·· ? ·····]
ORBEVICTO[········ ? ··]
DNFLIVLIOC[············]
[·····]VLIOCONSTA·[······ ? ··]
5·ERCVLIS··[·· ? ··]
·ORRO[·· ? ··]
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" extentmax="2" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
u
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
et
toto
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
orbe
uicto
<supplied reason="lost" >
ribus
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ominis
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ostris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
Iulio
C
<supplied reason="lost" >
onstante
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
et
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
I
</supplied>
ulio
Consta
<unclear reason="" >
n
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
tio
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<unclear reason="" >
H
</unclear>
erculis
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
lo
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
<unclear reason="" >
h
</unclear>
orro
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

3, DDNN

Translation:

To [the ·· ? ·· and] victors [throughout the whole world], our lords Flavius Julius Constans and Flavius Julius Constantius [·· ? ··]; of Hercules [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Constans and Constantius were Augusti together from 340-350.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 227)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 227)

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