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895. Dedication to Severus Alexander

Description:: Panel (w: 1.04 x h: 0.57 x d: 0.19) of grey-brown limestone
Text:: Inscribed within a moulded border (die, w: 0.90 x h: 0.44).
Letters:: Capitals: ll. 1-3 (lapidary), 0.055; ll. 4-9 (simple capitals), 0.035.
Date:: 222-235 A.D. (reign)
Findspot:: Wadi Zemzem: Gheriat el-Garbia (map ref. A 579)
Original Location:: Unknown
Last recorded location:: Tripoli Castle.
Bibliography:: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VIII:3. 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) M(arco) Aurel(io)
Seue[r]o 〚[Alexandr]o〛
Piọ F̣e[l]ịc[i] Aug(usto) 〚[et Iuliae]
[Mamaeae Augustae matri Aug(usti)]〛 et cas-
5ṭṛọṛum M(arcus) A[·· c. 20··]
〚[c(enturio) leg(ionis) III Aug(ustae) p(iae) u(indicis)]〛〚Ṣ[e]u〛erian(a)e p̣r(a)epo-
situs uex[ill]ationis leg(ionis) eius-
dem burgum [a] solo per eandem
uexillationem instituit

IMPCAESMAVREL
SEVE[··]O〚[·········]O〛
PI··E[··]·C[··]AVG〚[··········]
[·······················]〛ETCAS
5····VMMA[·· c. 20··]
〚[··]〛〚·[··]V〛ERIANE·REPO
SITVSVEX[····]ATIONISLEGEIVS
DEMBVRGVM[··]SOLOPEREANDEM
VEXILLATIONEMINSTITVIT

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<abbr>

Imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Caes

</abbr>

<ex>

ari

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

arco

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aurel

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

Seue

</supplied>

<del>

Alexandr

</supplied>

</del>

</unclear>

</unclear>

</supplied>

</unclear>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usto

</ex>

</expan>

<del>

</supplied>

Iuliae

</supplied>

Mamaeae

Augustae

</supplied>

matri

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usti

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

</del>

cas

tror

</unclear>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

arcus

</ex>

</expan>

<del>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

enturio

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

leg

</abbr>

<ex>

ionis

</ex>

</expan>

III

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

ustae

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

iae

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

indicis

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

</del>

<expan>

<abbr>

<del>

</unclear>

</supplied>

</del>

erian

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</unclear>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

epo

situs

</abbr>

</expan>

uex

ill

</supplied>

ationis

<expan>

<abbr>

leg

</abbr>

<ex>

ionis

</ex>

</expan>

eius

dem

burgum

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solo

per

eandem

uexillationem

instituit

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Translation:

To emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus [Alexander] (erased) Pius Felis Augustus [and Julia Mamaea Augusta, mother of Augustus] (erased) and of the camps. Marcus A[·· ? ·· centurion of Legion III Augusta pia vindex (erased) Sev]eriana, placed in command of the detachment of the same legion, built the fort from its foundations, using the same detachment.