30. ?Dedication to Commodus

Description:
Fragment of a marble panel (w: 0.155 x h: 0.23 x d: 0.15, no edges surviving).  
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
Second century capitals: 0.075.  
Date:
A.D. 178-192 (reign)  
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) 
[Imp(erator-) Caes(ar-) [·· ? ··] M(arci) Antonini Pii [·· ? ··] fil(i-)]
[diui Pii n(ep-) diui H]adr[iani pron(ep-) diui]
[Traiani Parthici] abn(ep-) ḍ[iui Neruae adn(ep-)]
[L(uci-) Aeli Aureli] C̣ọ[mmod Aug(ust-) ·· ? ··]
[·········]
[············]ADR[···············]
[·················]ABN·[···············]
[··]··[··········· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
erator
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ar
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arci
</ex>
</expan>
Antonini
Pii
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
Pii
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ep
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
H
</supplied>
adr
<supplied reason="lost" >
iani
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
pron
</abbr>
<ex>
ep
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Traiani
Parthici
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
abn
</abbr>
<ex>
ep
</ex>
</expan>
<unclear reason="damage" >
d
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
iui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Neruae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
adn
</abbr>
<ex>
ep
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
Aeli
Aureli
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
Co
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
mmod
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ust
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

4, Line 4 is represented by the upper parts only of two letters with rounded bowls.

Translation:

[Emperor Caesar (case unknown) [·· ? ··] son of Marcus Antonius Pius, grandson of deified Pius, great grandson of deified] Hadrian, great great grandson [of deified Trajan victor in Parthia], great great great grandson [of deified Nerva, Lucuis Aelius Aurelius] Commodus [Augustus ·· ? ··]

Commentary:

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Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXVII.13)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXVII.13)

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