388. Dedication to Septimius Severus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.46 x h: 0.90 x d: 0.50) of compact grey-brown limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.24 x h: 0.75).  
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.03. 
Date:
A.D. 198 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, at the South East angle. 
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) Caes(ari)
L(ucio) Septimio Seuero
Pio Pertinaci Aug(usto)
Arabico Adiabenico
5Parthico maximo
pontifici maximo
trib(unicia) potest(ate) VI
imp(eratori) XI co(n)s(uli) II
p(atri) p(atriae)
10 M(arcus) Vlpius Cerealis
proc(urator) Aug(ustorum)
deuotissimus numini eius
posuit
IMPCAES
LSEPTIMIOSEVERO
PIOPERTINACIAVG
ARABICOADIABENICO
5PARTHICOMAXIMO
PONTIFICIMAXIMO
TRIBPOTESTVI
IMPXICOSII
PP
10MVLPIVSCEREALIS
PROCAVGG
DEVOTISSIMVSNVMINIEIVS
POSVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
Seuero
<lb n="3" />
Pio
Pertinaci
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
Arabico
Adiabenico
<lb n="5" />
Parthico
maximo
<lb n="6" />
pontifici
maximo
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
potest
</abbr>
<ex>
ate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="6" >
VI
</num>
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="11" >
XI
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="10" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arcus
</ex>
</expan>
Vlpius
Cerealis
<lb n="11" />
<expan>
<abbr>
proc
</abbr>
<ex>
urator
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
<am>
g
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
ustorum
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="12" />
deuotissimus
numini
eius
<lb n="13" />
posuit
</ab>

11, AVGG.

Translation:

To Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, Victor in Arabia, Victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the sixth time, acclaimed victor eleven times, consul twice, father of the country, Marcus Ulpius Cerealis, equestrian agent of the Augusti, deeply devoted to his divine power, set this up.

Commentary:

l. 7. trib. pot. VI - 10 Dec. 197 - 9 Dec. 198.

l. 10. M. Ulpius Ceralis. Also in 440, l. 8.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 912)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 912)

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