390. Dedication to Septimius Severus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.51 x h: 0.97; the back and lower right-hand corner missing) of pitted, rather friable brown limestone. Uniform with 402, 419, 433. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.28 x h: 0.66). 
Letters:
Rustic capitals av. 0.03. 
Date:
Between 10th Dec 199 and 9th Dec 200 (titulature)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the exedra 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 Perti-
naci Aug(usto) Arabico
Adiabenico Par-
5thico max(imo) pont(ifici)
max(imo) trib(unicia) potest(ate)
XIII imp(eratori) XI co(n)s(uli) II
p(atri) p(atriae) proco(n)s(uli)
M(arcus) Calpurnius Geta
10Attianus et
M(arcus) Calpurnius [At]-
tianus fil(ius) n[umi]-
ni eorum [deuo]-
tissi[mi posuerunt]
IMPCAESLSEPTIMIO
SEVEROPIOPERTI
NACIAVGARABICO
ADIABENICOPAR
5THICOMAXPONT
MAXTRIBPOTEST
XIIIIMPXICOSII
PPPROCOS
MCALPVRNIVSGETA
10ATTIANVSET
MCALPVRNIVS[···]
TIANVSFILN[····]
NIEORVM[·····]
TISSI[·············]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
<lb n="2" />
Seuero
Pio
Perti
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
naci
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Arabico
<lb n="4" />
Adiabenico
Par
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
thico
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
potest
</abbr>
<ex>
ate
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<num value="8" >
XIII
</num>
<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="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arcus
</ex>
</expan>
Calpurnius
Geta
<lb n="10" />
Attianus
et
<lb n="11" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arcus
</ex>
</expan>
Calpurnius
<supplied reason="lost" >
At
</supplied>
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
tianus
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
ius
</ex>
</expan>
n
<supplied reason="lost" >
umi
</supplied>
<lb n="13" type="worddiv" />
ni
eorum
<supplied reason="lost" >
deuo
</supplied>
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
tissi
<supplied reason="lost" >
mi
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
posuerunt
</supplied>
</ab>

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 eighth time, acclaimed victor eleven times, consul twice, father of the country, proconsul; Marcus Calpurnius Geta Attianus and Marcus Calpurnius Attianus his son, deeply devoted to their (sic) divine power, [set](this)[up].

Commentary:

ll. 6-7. trib. pot. VIII - 10 Dec. 199 - 9 Dec. 200.

ll. 9-10. M. Calpurnius Geta Attianus. Also in 402, ll. 10-11; 419, ll. 9-10;433, l. 8.

ll. 11-12. M. Calpurnius Attianus. Also in 402 ll. 12-13; 419, ll.11-12; 433, l. 10.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 916)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 916)

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