47. Dedication to Maximinus

Description:
Fragment from the right-hand edge of a marble panel (w: 0.12 x h: 0.135 x d: 0.03). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Third century capitals, with traces of red paint: 0.04. 
Date:
A.D. 236-238 (reign, titulature). 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Antonine Temple. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum, inv. no. 215. 
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(eratoris) Caes(aris) C(ai) Iuli Veri Maxi]mini
[Pii Felicis Aug(usti) pont(ificis) max(imi)] Germ(anici)
[max(imi) Dacici max(imi) Sarmat(ici)] max(imi)
[---]
[·· ? ················]MINI
[············]GERM
[····]MAX
[---]
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<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
ai
</ex>
</expan>
Iuli
Veri
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Maxi
</supplied>
mini
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pii
Felicis
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ificis
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Germ
</abbr>
<ex>
anici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
Dacici
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Sarmat
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imi
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ·· of Emperor Caesar Caius Julius Verus] Maximinus, [Pius, Felix, Augustus, chief priest,] greatest Victor in Germany, [greatest Victor in Dacia], greatest [Victor in Sarmatia·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 3. Sarmaticus maximus from 236.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVIII.20)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XVIII.20)

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