38. Dedication to Caracalla

Description:
Two fragments from the upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.66 x h: 0.46 and w: 0.38 x h: 0.29). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: lines 1-2, 0.08; line 3, 0.06; lines 4-5, 0.07.  
Date:
A.D. 210-211 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
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) 
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) M(arco) Ạ[ure]lio [Seuero]
[A]ntonino Au[g(usto) Pi]o Feli[ci Parth(ico)]
[ma]ximo Bryttan[ic]o maximo [·· ? ··]
[Sep]timi Seueri Pi[i ·· ? ·· filio]
5[diui] Marci nepoti ḍ[iui Pii pron(epoti) diui Hadriani]
[abn(epoti) diui Trai]ạni Pa[rthici adnepoti ·· ? ··]
IMPCAESM·[····]LIO[·······]
[··]NTONINOAV[··········]OFELI[·········]
[···]XIMOBRYTTAN[···]OMAXIMO[·· ? ··]
[····]TIMISEVERIPI[···· ? ········]
5[·····]MARCINEPOTI·[·············]
[··············]·NIPA[·················· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
<unclear reason="" >
A
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ure
</supplied>
lio
<supplied reason="lost" >
Seuero
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
A
</supplied>
ntonino
<expan>
<abbr>
Au
<supplied reason="lost" >
g
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pi
</supplied>
o
Feli
<supplied reason="lost" >
ci
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Parth
</abbr>
<ex>
ico
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ma
</supplied>
ximo
Bryttan
<supplied reason="lost" >
ic
</supplied>
o
maximo
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Sep
</supplied>
timi
Seueri
Pi
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
filio
</supplied>
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
</supplied>
Marci
nepoti
<unclear reason="" >
d
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
iui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pii
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
pron
</abbr>
<ex>
epoti
</ex>
</expan>
diui
Hadriani
</supplied>
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
abn
</abbr>
<ex>
epoti
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Trai
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
a
</unclear>
ni
Pa
<supplied reason="lost" >
rthici
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
adnepoti
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

To Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius [Severus] Antoninus Augustus [Pius], Felix, greatest [Victor in Parthia], greatest Victor in Britain, [son of Lucius] Septimius Severus Pius, [·· ? ··] grandson of [deified] Marcus, [great grandson of deified Pius, great great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great great grandson of deified], Trajan, Victor in Parthia[·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 3. Brittanicus maximus from 210.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 763)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 763)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 764)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 764)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)

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