915. Dedication to Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta

Description:
Broken panel (w: 1.28 x h: 0.80 x d: 0.50) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: 0.07. 
Date:
A.D. 201 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Bu-Ngem: Fort at Bu-Ngem (map ref. X 5206), from one of the gates of the fort. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Tripoli Castle.  
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) L(ucio) Septimio
Seuero Pio Pert(inaci) Aug(usto)
tr(ibunicia) p(otestate) IX imp(eratori) XI [co(n)s(uli)] II p(atri) p(atriae) et
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) M(arco) A[urel(io)] Anto-
5nino Aug(usto) tr(ibunicia) p(otestate) [IIII et 〚L(ucio)〛] Sept(imio)
〚Getae〛 Ca[es(ari) Au(- - -)]g(usto) Q(uinto) Ani-
[c]i[o] Fausto leg(ato) Aug(ustorum) 〚co(n)s(ulari)〛 〚leg(ionis) 〛 III 〚Aug(ustae)〛 〚p(iae) 〛 〚u(indicis) 〛
IMPCAESLSEPTIMIO
SEVEROPIOPERTAVG
TRPIXIMPXI[···]IIPPET
IMPCAESMA[·····]ANTO
5NINOAVGTRP[·····]SEPT
〚GETAE〛CA[······]GQANI
[··]I[··]FAVSTOLEGAVG〚COS〛〚LEG〛III〚AVG〛〚P〛〚V〛
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Septimio
<lb n="2" />
Seuero
Pio
<expan>
<abbr>
Pert
</abbr>
<ex>
inaci
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
tr
</abbr>
<ex>
ibunicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
otestate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="9" >
IX
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="11" >
XI
</num>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
et
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
A
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
urel
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
Anto
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
nino
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
tr
</abbr>
<ex>
ibunicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
otestate
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<num value="4" >
IIII
</num>
et
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
</del>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Sept
</abbr>
<ex>
imio
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
<del>
Getae
</del>
<expan>
<abbr>
Ca
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
es
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
Au
</abbr>
</supplied>
<abbr>
g
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinto
</ex>
</expan>
Ani
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
c
</supplied>
i
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
Fausto
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustorum
</ex>
</expan>
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ulari
</ex>
</expan>
</del>
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
</del>
<num value="3" >
III
</num>
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustae
</ex>
</expan>
</del>
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
iae
</ex>
</expan>
</del>
<del>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
indicis
</ex>
</expan>
</del>
</ab>

7, AVGG.

7, Titles erased after the damnatio of the legion in 238.

Translation:

To emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, holding tribunician power for the ninth time, acclaimed victor eleven times, [consul] twice, father of the country, and to emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, holding tribunician power for the [fourth time, and to Lucius (erased)] Septimius Geta (erased) Caesar Augustus set up under Quintus Anicius Faustus, legate of the Augusti, consular commander of legion III Augusta, Pia, Vindex (erased from consular).

Commentary:

l. 2: 10 Dec. 200 - 9 Dec. 201.

l.5: See 913, n. 3.

l. 6-7: Cos. suff. 198, PIR (2) A 595; also in 914, 1. 5; 916, ll. 5-6.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.II.22)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.II.22)

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