67. Fragments from imperial titulature

Description:
Six fragments, all possibly from the same white marble panel. a) Top edge, surviving, w: 0.16 x h: 0.165. b) Top edge, surviving, w: 0.10 x h: 0.125. c) Top edge, surviving, w: 0.13 x h: 0.13. d) No edges surviving, w: 0.13 x h: 0.11. e) No edges surviving, w: 0.22 x h: 0.23 . f) No edges surviving, w: 0.12 x h: 0.14.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Second to third centuries lapidary capitals: 0.08. 
Date:
Second to early third centuries 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) 
a
[·· ? ··]fiḷ [·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]P̣ [·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]P̣Ị [·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··] OẠḶ [·· ? ··]
e
[---]
2[·· ? ··]RAN [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]OPRA [·· ? ··]
f
[·· ? ··]ES [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VG̣ [·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··]FI·[·· ? ··]
b
[·· ? ··]·[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]··[·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··] O··[·· ? ··]
e
[---]
2[·· ? ··]RAN[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]OPRA[·· ? ··]
f
[·· ? ··]ES[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]V·[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
fi
<unclear reason="damage" >
l
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
p
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
pi
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
o
<unclear reason="damage" >
al
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ran
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
opra
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="f" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
es
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
v
<unclear reason="damage" >
g
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

b.1, Truncated. B or R may be read for P

c.1, Truncated. B or R may be read for Pf.2, Truncated. C may be read for G

Translation:

a. [·· ? ··] son [·· ? ··]; b-e (Not usefully translatable); f (The titles Caesar and Augustus.)

Commentary:

The style and material suggest an imperial dedication. Fragment (f) perhaps reads Imp. Caes .../... Aug ...

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXVII.17)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXVII.17)

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