Dedication to Commodus J. M. ReynoldsJ. B. Ward-Perkins
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Republished from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British
School at Rome, 1952.
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Description of Monument
Fragment of a marblepanel
(0.1550.230.15, no edges surviving).
Description of Text
Inscribed on the surviving face.
Description of Letters
Second century capitals: 0.075.
Date
A.D. 178-192
(reign)
Locations
Sabratha:
Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
Unknown
Findspot
Bibliography
Not previously published.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
ImperatorCaesarMarciAntoniniPiifilidiuiPiinepdiuiHadrianipronepdiuiTraianiParthiciabnepdiuiNeruaeadnepLuciAeliAureliCommodAugust
Apparatus
Line 4 is represented by the upper parts only of two letters with rounded bowls.
Translation
Emperor Caesar case unknown son of Marcus Antonius Pius,
grandson of deified Pius, great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great grandson of deified Trajan victor in Parthia,
great great great grandson of deified Nerva, Lucuis Aelius Aurelius
Commodus Augustus