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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Description of Monument
Rectangular base
(0.460.970.41) of grey limestone.
Description of Text
Inscribed on one face. Found re-used as a bracket. An oblong hole has been cut between ll. 4 and 5.
Description of Letters
Mannered Rustic capitals: 0.06-0.05.
Date
A.D. 198-209
(titulature)
Locations
Lepcis Magna:
Theatre, South side of the rear portico.
Unknown
Bibliography
Aurigemma, I:75.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
PublioSeptimioGetaeCaesariImperatorisCaesarisLuciSeptimiSeueriPiiPertinacisAugustiArabiciAdiabeniciParthicimaximifelicissimipatrispatriaefilioCuriaMatidiaexuotostatuit
Apparatus
PublioSeptimio Getae CaesariFrom 198 erased after damnatio in 212.
filioErased after damnatio in 212.
Translation
To Publius Septimius Geta Caesar, son all erased of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, most fortunate, father of the country; the Curia Matidia set this up in accordance with a vow.