39. ?Dedication to Septimius Severus

Description:
Part of a marble panel (w: 0.36 x h: 0.35, no edge surviving).  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. Traces of red paint in the letters. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: 0.07. 
Date:
A.D. 198-211 (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) 
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2[L(uci) Septimi Seueri Pi]i Pert[(inacis) Arab(ici) Adiab(enici) Parth(ici) max(imi) f(ilii)]
[diui Marci nepotis] diui Pii pron[ep(otis) diui Hadriani abnep(otis)]
[diui Traiani Pa]rth(ici) abn(epotis) di[ui Neruae proadnep(otis)] (sic)
5[·· c. 10·· coni]ugi c̣[·· ? ··]
[---]
2[·····]IPERT[··············]
[·····]DIVIPIIPRON[·············]
[········]RTHABNDI[···················](sic)
5[·· c. 10·······]VGI·[·· ? ··]
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<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
Septimi
Seueri
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pi
</supplied>
i
<expan>
<abbr>
Pert
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
inacis
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Arab
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Adiab
</abbr>
<ex>
enici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Parth
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilii
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
Marci
nepotis
</supplied>
diui
Pii
<expan>
<abbr>
pron
<supplied reason="lost" >
ep
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
otis
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
Hadriani
<expan>
<abbr>
abnep
</abbr>
<ex>
otis
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
Traiani
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pa
</supplied>
rth
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
abn
</abbr>
<ex>
epotis
</ex>
</expan>
di
<supplied reason="lost" >
ui
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Neruae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
proadnep
</abbr>
<ex>
otis
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<note>
sic
</note>
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
coni
</supplied>
ugi
<unclear reason="" >
c
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[To·· ? ··] wife of[·· ? ··] [the son of Lucius Septimius Severus] Pius, Pertinax, [Augustus, Victor in Arabia, Victor in Adiabene, greatest Victor in Parthia, grandson of deified Marcus], great grandson of deified Pius, [great great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great great grandson of deified Trajan], Victor in Parthia, [great great great great grandson of] deified [Nerva ·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 760 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 760 Leica)

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