Dedication to GetaJ. M. ReynoldsJ. B. Ward-Perkins
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Republished from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British
School at Rome, 1952.
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ArabicEnglishFrenchGermanAncient GreekTransliterated GreekModern GreekHebrewItalianLatinPunicNative Libyan language in Latin scriptTripolitaniaLibyaLeptis Magna2008-09-09ZAconverted using CHET-C2009-05-19RVAdded Figures2009-08-24RVAdded Figures
Description of Monument
Moulded base made of marble
(0.721.400.45).
Description of Text
Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel
(die, 0.3550.55). Uniform with 392, 403, 422.
Description of Letters
Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.03.
Date
Between 10 Dec. A.D. 200 - 9 Dec. A.D. 201 from dated from 422
Locations
Lepcis Magna:
Theatre, on the lower steps of the cavea, West side.
Unknown
Findspot
Bibliography
Caputo, I:170 ff.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
PublioSeptimioGetaeCaesariImperatorisCaesarisLuciSeptimiSeueriPiiPertinacisAugustiArabiciAdiabeniciParthicimaximifelicissimipatrispatriaefilioMarcusIuniusPunicusprocuratorsexagenariusprouinciaeThraciaecentenariusAlexandriae adMercurium
Apparatus
Publio Septimio Getae CaesariErased after damnatio in 212.
filioErased after damnatio in 212.
Translation
To Publius Septimius Geta Caesar all erased son of emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, most fortunate, father of the country; Marcus Junius Punicus, imperial equestrian agent in Thrace at a salary of sixty thousand sesterces, and in Alexandria at the Temple of Mercury, at a salary of one hundred thousand.
Commentary
l. 7. M. Iunius Punicus. Also in 392, l. 8; 403, l. 9; 422, l. 9.