276. Dedication

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.48 x h: 0.73) of grey limestone, a pair with 277. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.26 x h: 0.54) 
Letters:
Second to third century irregular capitals: 0.065-0.047 
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, built into the wall of the passage leading from the West dressing- room to the stage. 
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) 
Fortu(n)ae
Iuliae Q(uinti) f(iliae)
Iustae
Iustus
5pater
ex
d(ecreto) o(rdinis)
FORTVAE
IVLIAEQF
IVSTAE
IVSTVS
5PATER
EX
DO
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Fortu
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
ae
</abbr>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
Iuliae
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
iliae
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
Iustae
<lb n="4" />
Iustus
<lb n="5" />
pater
<lb n="6" />
ex
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ecreto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
o
</abbr>
<ex>
rdinis
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

To the good fortune of Julia Justa, daughter of Quintus; Justus, her father, (set this up) in accordance with a decree of the city-council.

Commentary:

l. 4. Q. Iulius Iustus. Also in 270 , ll. 6-7; 277 , ll. 6- 7.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1621 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1621 Leica)

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