22. Dedication of statues to Marcus Aurelius

Description:
Marble block (w: 1.18 x h: 0.64 x d: 0.36) 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Second century capitals: line 1, 0.06: remainder, 0.045.  
Date:
A.D. 170 (titulature)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Forum, in front of the Capitolium.  
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Bartoccini, Rivista della Tripolitania (Rivista a cura dell'Ufficio di Colonizzazione del Governo della Tripolitania), 2 vols., Roma, 1924-5; a third vol., under the title Libya, published for the Ministero delle Colonie, was issued in 1927 I:287; L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.) 1925:102. 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) 
Imp(eratori) Caesari diui Antonini fil(io) diui
Veri Parthici max(imi) fratri diui Hadr(iani) nep(oti)
diui Traiani Parthici pronep(oti) diui Neruae
abnepoti M(arco) Aurelio Antonino Aug(usto) pont(ifici)
5 max(imo) trib(unicia) potest(ate) XXIIII imp(eratori) V co(n)s(uli) III p(atri) p(atriae)
statuas duas quas Anicia Pudentilla codicillis
ex (sestertiis) XXX n(ummum) poni iussit Manlia Macrina
mater et heres adiectis ex (sestertiis) VIII n(ummum) fecit
C(aio) Manilio Maniliano genero curante
IMPCAESARIDIVIANTONINIFILDIVI
VERIPARTHICIMAXFRATRIDIVIHADRNEP
DIVITRAIANIPARTHICIPRONEPDIVINERVAE
ABNEPOTIMAVRELIOANTONINOAVGPONT
5MAXTRIBPOTESTXXIIIIIMPVCOSIIIPP
STATVASDVASQVASANICIAPVDENTILLACODICILLIS
EX sestertius XXXNPONIIVSSITMANLIAMACRINA
MATERETHERESADIECTISEX sestertius VIIINFECIT
CMANILIOMANILIANOGENEROCVRANTE
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
Caesari
diui
Antonini
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
diui
<lb n="2" />
Veri
Parthici
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
fratri
diui
<expan>
<abbr>
Hadr
</abbr>
<ex>
iani
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
nep
</abbr>
<ex>
oti
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
diui
Traiani
Parthici
<expan>
<abbr>
pronep
</abbr>
<ex>
oti
</ex>
</expan>
diui
Neruae
<lb n="4" />
abnepoti
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
Aurelio
Antonino
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
potest
</abbr>
<ex>
ate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="24" >
XXIIII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="5" >
V
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="3" >
III
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
statuas
duas
quas
Anicia
Pudentilla
codicillis
<lb n="7" />
ex
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<g type="sestertius" > </g>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
sestertiis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="30000" >
XXX
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ummum
</ex>
</expan>
poni
iussit
Manlia
Macrina
<lb n="8" />
mater
et
heres
adiectis
ex
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<g type="sestertius" > </g>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
sestertiis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="8000" >
VIII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ummum
</ex>
</expan>
fecit
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aio
</ex>
</expan>
Manilio
Maniliano
genero
curante
</ab>

7, 30,000 sesterces.

8, 8,000 sesterces.

Translation:

To Emperor Caesar, son of deified Antoninus, brother of deified Verus, the greatest victor in Parthia , grandson of deified Hadrian, great-grandson of deified Trajan the victor in Parthia, great-great-grandson of deified Nerva, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the 24th time, acclaimed victor five times, consul three times, father of the country; the two statues whose erection Anicia Pudentilla ordered in her will at the expenditure of 30,000 sesterces, Manlia Macrina, her mother and heiress, had made at the additional cost of eight thousand sesterces, with Caius Manilius Manilianus, her son-in-law, in charge (of the work)

Commentary:

ll. 5-6. trib. pot. XXIIII: 10 Dec. 169 - 9 Dec.170.

l. 7. Manlia Macrina. Also in 91, ll. 1-3.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 231)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 231)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VI.16)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.VI.16)

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