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48. Dedicationto Philip by Sabratha

Description:: Marble panel (w: 0.58 x h: 0.74).
Text:: Inscribed on one face.
Letters:: Third century capitals, mainly lapidary: 0.05-0.065.
Date:: A.D. 247-249 (reign).
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)

M(arco) Iulio Philippo
nobilissimo Cae-
sari Pio Fel(ici) Aug(usto)
principi iuuentutis d(omino) n(ostro)
5Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) M(arci) Iuli Philip-
pi Pii Fel(icis) Aug(usti) d(omini) n(ostri) filio
Sabr(athenses) publ(ice)

MIVLIOPHILIPPO
NOBILISSIMOCAE
SARIPIOFELAVG
PRINCIPIIVVENTVTISDN
5IMPCAESMIVLIPHILIP
PIPIIFELAVGDNFILIO
SABRPVBL

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Iulio

Philippo

nobilissimo

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Pio

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Fel

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ici

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Aug

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principi

iuuentutis

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omino

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ostro

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Imp

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eratoris

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arci

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Iuli

Philip

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Fel

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Aug

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usti

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omini

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ostri

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filio

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Sabr

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athenses

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publ

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Translation:

To Marcus Julius Philippus, most noble Caesar, Pius, Felix, Augustus, chief of the youth, our lord, son of Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus, Pius, Felix, Augustus, our lord; the people of Sabratha (set this up) publicly.