58. Dedication to Valens
- Description:
- Rectangular base (w: 0.63 x h: 1.15 x d: 0.56) of grey limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die, w: 0.52 x h: 1.00
- Letters:
- Fourth century capitals: 0.06.
- Date:
- A.D. 364-367 (reign).
- Findspot:
- Sabratha: Forum, in situ within the NW angle of the Curia. Uniform with 57 and closely related to 472, 473.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- Bartoccini, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950 I:32. 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)
Iustitia pariter ac pieta-
te caelesti adq(ue) Romanạ[e]
felicitatis perpetuo
fundatori d(omino) n(ostro)
5Valenti uictori-
osissimo ac totius or-
bis Augusto
Antonius Dracon-
tius u(ir) c(larissimus) agens uicem
10praefectorum prae-
torio per Africanas
prouincias numini e[t]
maiestati eius semper dic̣[a]-
tissimus
te caelesti adq(ue) Romanạ[e]
felicitatis perpetuo
fundatori d(omino) n(ostro)
5Valenti uictori-
osissimo ac totius or-
bis Augusto
Antonius Dracon-
tius u(ir) c(larissimus) agens uicem
10praefectorum prae-
torio per Africanas
prouincias numini e[t]
maiestati eius semper dic̣[a]-
tissimus
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Iustitia
pariter
ac
pieta
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te
caelesti
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<abbr>
adq
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ue
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Roman
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a
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e
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felicitatis
perpetuo
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fundatori
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<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
omino
</ex>
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<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ostro
</ex>
<lb
n="5"
/>
Valenti
uictori
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n="6"
type="worddiv"
/>
osissimo
ac
totius
or
<lb
n="7"
type="worddiv"
/>
bis
Augusto
<lb
n="8"
/>
Antonius
Dracon
<lb
n="9"
type="worddiv"
/>
tius
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ir
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
larissimus
</ex>
agens
uicem
<lb
n="10"
/>
praefectorum
prae
<lb
n="11"
type="worddiv"
/>
torio
per
Africanas
<lb
n="12"
/>
prouincias
numini
e
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reason="lost"
>
t
</supplied>
<lb
n="13"
/>
maiestati
eius
semper
di
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reason="damage"
>
c
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
a
</supplied>
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n="14"
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tissimus
Translation:
To one who is in justice and sense of duty alike heavenly, and perpetual founder of Roman good fortune, our lord Valens, most victorious, and Augustus of the whole world; Antonius Dracontius, outstanding man (i.e. member of the Roman Senate), deputy for the praetorian prefects throughout the African provinces, always most devoted to his divine power and majesty.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.V.23)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.IV.28)
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