26. Dedications to daughters of Marcus Aurelius

Description:
Three similar marble panels (w: 0.59-0.60 x h: 0.44), probably related to, and roughly contemporary with, 25. 
Text:
Inscribed on the face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: line 1, 0.115; line 2, 0.095.  
Date:
A.D. 164-166 (titulature, comparison with 25)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1. 
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) 
a
Fadillae
Aug(usti) f(iliae)
b
Cornificiae
Aug(usti) f(iliae)
c
Faustinae
Aug(usti) f(iliae)
a
FADILLAE
AVGF
b
CORNIFICIAE
AVGF
c
FAVSTINAE
AVGF
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Fadillae
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
iliae
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Cornificiae
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
iliae
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Faustinae
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
iliae
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a) To Fadilla, daughter of Augustus

b) To Cornificia, daughter of Augustus

c) To Faustina, daughter of Augustus

Commentary:

These are all daughters of Marcus Aurelius.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)

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