62. ?Dedication to an anonymous emperor
- Description:
- Fragment from the upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.34 x h: 0.30). Re-used subsequently for 51.
- Text:
- Inscribed within a moulded border.
- Letters:
- Second century lapidary capitals: 0.10.
- Date:
- Second century A.D. (lettering).
- 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratori
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Cae
</supplied>
sari
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="6"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
rm
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
1, The next word begins with an upright stroke.
2, Probably Germ(anico) or Sarm(atico).
Translation:
To [Emperor] Caesar [·· ? ··]; (in l.2 perhaps) [victor in] Germany (or in Sarmatia)
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.VI.3)
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