14. Dedication to Augustus (?)
- Description:
- One complete (w: 0.80 x h: 0.46 x d: 0.46) and one fragmentary (w: 0.34 x h: 0.46 x d: 0.46) block of stuccoed sandstone
- Text:
- Inscribed with a monumental inscription.
- Letters:
- First century lapidary capitals: 0.29.
- Date:
- 23-5 B.C. (titulature)
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1.
- Original Location:
- From one of the public buildings of the Forum area.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- 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)
<div
type="textpart"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratori
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Caesa
</supplied>
ri
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<num
value="11"
>
XI
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
unicia
</ex>
p
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
otestate
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Probably Augustus, cos. XI in 23 B.C., cos. XII in 5 B.C.; or imp. XI in 12 B.C., imp. XII in 11 B.C.. After Tiberius, who was never either cos. XI or imp. XI, these titles are rarely placed before trib. pot.
Translation:
a) To [Emperor] Caesar [·· ? ··]
b) [·· ? ··] consul (or perhaps acclaimed victor) for the eleventh time, holding tribunician power [for the ·· ? ·· time ·· ? ··]
Commentary:
No comment
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 166)
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