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21. Dedication to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

Description:: Three marble architrave blocks (h: 0.66 high) from the monumental inscription of the entablature of the Antonine Temple. Two of the blocks, from the angles of the building, are substantially complete. The third is fragmentary.
Text:: Inscribed on the face.
Letters:: Lapidary capitals line 1, 0.13; line 2, 0.105; lines 3-4, 0.095.
Date:: A.D. 166-169 (titulature)
Findspot:: Sabratha: Antonine Temple
Original Location:: Unknown
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)

Imp(eratori) Caes[ari M(arco) Au]reḷị[o Antonino Aug(usto) Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico pontifici maximo tribunicia potestate [ - - - ] imp(eratori) [ - - - ] co(n)s(uli) [ - - - ] et]
Imp(eratori) Caesari Ḷ(ucio) [Aurelio Vero Aug(usto) Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico pontifici maximo tribunicia potestate [ - - - ] imp(eratori) [ - - - ] co(n)s(uli) [ - - - ] diui Pii filiis diui Hadriani] nepotib(us)
diui Traiani Pạ[rthici pronepotibus diui Neruae abnepotibus ·· ? ··]
M(anius) Acilius Glab[rio ·· ? ··]

IMPCAES[·········]RE··[·····················]
IMPCAESARI·[·······················]NEPOTIB
DIVITRAIANIP·[·································· ? ··]
MACILIVSGLAB[······ ? ··]

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Imp

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eratori

</ex>

</expan>

Caes

ari

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<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

arco

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</expan>

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</unclear>

</supplied>

Antonino

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Aug

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usto

</ex>

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Armeniaco

Parthico

maximo

Medico

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pontifici

maximo

tribunicia

potestate

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</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

<num >

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uli

</ex>

</expan>

<num >

</num>

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

Imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

Caesari

<expan>

<abbr>

</unclear>

</abbr>

<ex>

ucio

</ex>

</expan>

Aurelio

Vero

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

usto

</ex>

</expan>

Armeniaco

Parthico

maximo

Medico

</supplied>

pontifici

maximo

tribunicia

potestate

<num >

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

imp

</abbr>

<ex>

eratori

</ex>

</expan>

<num >

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uli

</ex>

</expan>

<num >

</num>

diui

Pii

filiis

diui

Hadriani

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

nepotib

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

diui

Traiani

</unclear>

rthici

</supplied>

pronepotibus

diui

Neruae

</supplied>

abnepotibus

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

anius

</ex>

</expan>

Acilius

Glab

rio

</supplied>

</ab>

1, Augusto Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico: The length of the line which can be calculated from the position of the blocks, necessitates the inclusion of these titles.

2, Augusto Armeniaco Parthico maximo Medico: The length of the line which can be calculated from the position of the blocks, necessitates the inclusion of these titles.

Translation:

To Emperor Caesar [Marcus] Aurelius [Antoninus Augustus, victor in Armenia, greatest victor in Parthia, victor in Media, high priest, holding Tribunician power for the . . . time, acclaimed victor . . . times, consul for the . . . time, and] to Emperor Caesar Lucius [Aurelius Verus Augustus, victor in Armenia, greatest victor in Parthia, victor in Media, holding tribunician power for the . . . time, accaimed victor . . . times, consul for the . . . time, sons of deified Pius,] grandsons [of deified Hadrian, great grandsons] of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia, [great great grandsons of deified Nerva . . .] ; Manius Acilius Glab[rio . . .]