345. Fragmentary dedication to Vespasian and Titus (?)
- Description:
- Block (w: 0.67 x h: 0.50 x d: 0.50) of grey limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- First century lapidary capital: from top of block, l. 1, 0.04-0.11; l. 2, 0.145-0.29; l. 3, 0.35-0.45; to bottom, 0.50.
- Date:
- A.D. 71-79 (reign, lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, near the Baptistry.
- 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"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
tanii
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usto
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
pon
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</abbr>
t
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</expan>
<ex>
</supplied>
ifici
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
imo
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
o
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usti
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</abbr>
il
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</expan>
<ex>
</supplied>
io
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
3, From the material and style of lettering, probably Vespasian and Titus.
Translation:
[·· ? ··] the Lepcitanians [?gave·· ? ··] to [·· ? ··] Augustus, chief priest [·· ? ··and] to [·· ? ··] son of Augustus [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 758)
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