424. Dedication to Caracalla

Description:
Rectangular base (width by surviving height by depth w: 0.53 x h: 0.91 x d: 0.53) of brown limestone, broken above. Uniform with 395. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die w: 0.31 x h: 0.70). 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.03. 
Date:
Between 10th Dec. A.D. 203 and 9th Dec. 204. (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, South side of rear portico 
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) Seueri Aug(usti) f(ilio) diui]
Marci [Antonini Pii Ger(manici)]
Sarm(atici) nep[(oti) diui Antonini]
Pii pronepoti [diui Hadri]-
5ani abnepoti di[ui Traiani]
Parth(ici) et diui Nẹṛ[u]ạẹ ad
nepoti M(arco) Aurelio
Antoni[no Pi]o Felici
ṭṛịḅ(unicia) potest(ate) VII co(n)s(uli) des(i)g(nato) II
10 proco(n)s(uli) propagatori imp(eri)
ob caelestem in se
indulgentiam eius
D(ecimus) Clodius Galba proc(urator) reg(ionis)
Theuestinae et Hipponen-
15sis et proc(urator) rationis pri-
uatae per Flaminiam
Aemiliam Liguriam
[··············]
MARCI[·············]
SARMNEP[·········]
PIIPRONEPOTI[···········]
5ANIABNEPOTIDI[···········]
PARTHETDIVIN··[··]··AD
NEPOTIMAVRELIO
ANTONI[······]OFELICI
····POTESTVIICOSDESGII
10PROCOSPROPAGATORIIMP
OBCAELESTEMINSE
INDVLGENTIAMEIVS
DCLODIVSGALBAPROCREG
THEVESTINAEETHIPPONEN
15SISETPROCRATIONISPRI
VATAEPERFLAMINIAM
AEMILIAMLIGVRIAM
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
Seueri
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilio
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
Marci
<supplied reason="lost" >
Antonini
Pii
<expan>
<abbr>
Ger
</abbr>
<ex>
manici
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Sarm
</abbr>
<ex>
atici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
nep
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
oti
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
Antonini
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
Pii
pronepoti
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Hadri
</supplied>
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
ani
abnepoti
di
<supplied reason="lost" >
ui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Traiani
</supplied>
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Parth
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
et
diui
N
<unclear reason="damage" >
er
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
u
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ae
</unclear>
ad
<lb n="7" />
nepoti
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
Aurelio
<lb n="8" />
Antoni
<supplied reason="lost" >
no
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pi
</supplied>
o
Felici
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
trib
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
potest
</abbr>
<ex>
ate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="7" >
VII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
des
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
<abbr>
g
</abbr>
<ex>
nato
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<lb n="10" />
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
propagatori
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eri
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="11" />
ob
caelestem
in
se
<lb n="12" />
indulgentiam
eius
<lb n="13" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
ecimus
</ex>
</expan>
Clodius
Galba
<expan>
<abbr>
proc
</abbr>
<ex>
urator
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
reg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="14" />
Theuestinae
et
Hipponen
<lb n="15" type="worddiv" />
sis
et
<expan>
<abbr>
proc
</abbr>
<ex>
urator
</ex>
</expan>
rationis
pri
<lb n="16" type="worddiv" />
uatae
per
Flaminiam
<lb n="17" />
Aemiliam
Liguriam
</ab>

Translation:

[To emperor Caesar, son of Severus Augustus,] grandson [of deified] Marcus [Antoninus Pius, victor in Germany,] victor in Sarmatia, great grandson [of deified Antoninus] Pius, great great grandson [of deified Hadrian,] great great great grandson of deified [Trajan] victor in Parthia, and of deified Nerva, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [Pi]us Felix, holding tribunician power for the seventh time, designated consul for the second, proconsul, extender of the empire, on account of his godlike indulgence to him, Decimus Clodius Galba, equestrian imperial agent in charge of the region of Theueste and Hippo, and imperial agent for private affairs in Flaminia, Aemilia and Liguria.

Commentary:

l. 9. trib. pot. VII. 10 Dec. 203 - 9 Dec. 204.

l. 13. D. Clodius Galba. Also in 395, ll. 15-19; 407, ll. 5-6.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 286 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 286 Lastre)

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