908. Fragmentary dedication to Alexander Severus
- Description:
- Fragmentary panel (w: 0.26 x h: 0.52), probably of limestone. Not seen.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the surviving face.
- Letters:
- Capitals: l. 1, 0.045; remainder, 0.03.
- Date:
- 222-235 A.D. (reign)
- Findspot:
- Ghadames: Found at the ruins of the Asnam; now lost.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VIII:1 = 10990. 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:
- Previous publications.
[Imp(eratori)]
Caes(ari)
M(arco)
Aureli[o
Seuero]
〚[Ale]xandro〛 Pio Fel[ici Aug(usto)]
[et Iuli]ae 〚Mamaeae〛 Aug(ustae) [matri]
[Aug(usti) e]t castrorum sub F̣Ạ [·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ·· l]eg(ato) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimo) u(iro) uexi[lla]-
[tioleg(ionis)III Au]g(ustae) p(iae) u(indicis) Seuerianae per
[·· ? ··]ụum c(enturionem) leg(ionis) eiusdem
[·· ? ··] fecit
〚[Ale]xandro〛 Pio Fel[ici Aug(usto)]
[et Iuli]ae 〚Mamaeae〛 Aug(ustae) [matri]
[Aug(usti) e]t castrorum sub F̣Ạ [·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ·· l]eg(ato) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimo) u(iro) uexi[lla]-
[tioleg(ionis)III Au]g(ustae) p(iae) u(indicis) Seuerianae per
[·· ? ··]ụum c(enturionem) leg(ionis) eiusdem
[·· ? ··] fecit
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Imp
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eratori
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Caes
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ari
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<expan>
<abbr>
M
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arco
</ex>
Aureli
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o
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Seuero
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<del>
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>
Ale
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xandro
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Pio
Fel
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>
ici
</supplied>
<supplied
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>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Aug
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usto
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/>
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>
et
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<supplied
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>
Iuli
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ae
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Mamaeae
</del>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
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</expan>
ustae
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matri
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<lb
n="4"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
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<expan>
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<abbr>
Aug
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usti
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e
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t
castrorum
sub
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unit="character"
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<expan>
<supplied
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l
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<abbr>
eg
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</expan>
ato
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<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usti
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<expan>
<abbr>
pr
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<ex>
</expan>
o
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<expan>
<abbr>
pr
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<ex>
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aetore
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<expan>
<abbr>
c
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<ex>
</expan>
larissimo
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<expan>
<abbr>
u
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</expan>
iro
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uexi
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>
lla
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<lb
n="6"
type="worddiv"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
tio
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ionis
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<num
value="3"
>
</supplied>
III
</num>
<expan>
<supplied
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Au
</supplied>
<abbr>
g
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</expan>
ustae
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<expan>
<abbr>
p
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<ex>
</expan>
iae
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<expan>
<abbr>
u
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<ex>
</expan>
indicis
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Seuerianae
per
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unit="character"
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<unclear
reason="damage"
>
u
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um
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
enturionem
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ionis
</ex>
eiusdem
<lb
n="8"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
fecit
2-3, Alexandro : and Mamaeae: erased after Alexander's damnatio in 235.
Translation:
To [emperor] Caesar Marcus Aurelius [Severus] Alexander (name erased), Pius, Felix, [Augustus and Julia] Mamaea (erased) Augusta [mother of Augustus] and of the camps, under [·· ? ··], legate of Augustus with propraetorian powers, splendid man (of senatorial status), a detachment of Legion III Augusta, Pia, Vindex, Severiana, through the agency of [·· ? ··]uus, centurion of the same legion [·· ? ··] erected (this).
Commentary:
No comment.
- Photographs:
- none.
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