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52. Dedication to Aurelian

Description:: Upper right-hand corner of a marble panel (w: 0.38 x h: 0.53).
Text:: Inscribed on the panel face.
Letters:: Third century capitals: 0.07-0.075. Plate I, 4.
Date:: A.D. 270-275 (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)

[Imp(eratori) C(- - -)]aes(ari) L(ucio) Do-
[mitio] Aureli-
[ano] Pio Fel(ici)
[Aug(usto) d(omino)] n(ostro) pont(ifici)
5 [max(imo) tri(- - -)]b(unicia) pote-
[st(ate) - - - p(atri) p(atriae)]
co(n)s(uli)
[---]

[······]AESLDO
[······]AVRELI
[····]PIOFEL
[······]NPONT
5[········]BPOTE
[······· - - - ··]
COS
[---]

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<expan>

<abbr>

Imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

</supplied>

<abbr>

aes

</abbr>

<ex>

ari

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ucio

</ex>

</expan>

mitio

</supplied>

Aureli

ano

</supplied>

Pio

<expan>

<abbr>

Fel

</abbr>

<ex>

ici

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usto

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

omino

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ostro

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

pont

</abbr>

<ex>

ifici

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

max

</abbr>

<ex>

imo

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

tri

</abbr>

</supplied>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

unicia

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

pote

</supplied>

</abbr>

<ex>

ate

</ex>

</supplied>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

atri

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

atriae

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uli

</ex>

</expan>

</ab>

Augustus 270-275.

Translation:

[To Emperor] Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus, Pius, Felix, [Augustus], our [lord, chief] priest, holding tribunician power [for the ? time father of the country], consul[·· ? ··]