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
IVSTITIAPARITERACPIETA
TECAELESTIADQROMAN·[··]
FELICITATISPERPETVO
FVNDATORIDN
5VALENTIVICTORI
OSISSIMOACTOTIVSOR
BISAVGVSTO
ANTONIVSDRACON
TIVSVCAGENSVICEM
10PRAEFECTORVMPRAE
TORIOPERAFRICANAS
PROVINCIASNVMINIE[··]
MAIESTATIEIVSSEMPERDI·[··]
TISSIMVS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Iustitia
pariter
ac
pieta
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
te
caelesti
<expan>
<abbr>
adq
</abbr>
<ex>
ue
</ex>
</expan>
Roman
<unclear reason="damage" >
a
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
felicitatis
perpetuo
<lb n="4" />
fundatori
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
omino
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ostro
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
Valenti
uictori
<lb 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>
ir
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimus
</ex>
</expan>
agens
uicem
<lb n="10" />
praefectorum
prae
<lb n="11" type="worddiv" />
torio
per
Africanas
<lb n="12" />
prouincias
numini
e
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
<lb n="13" />
maiestati
eius
semper
di
<unclear reason="damage" >
c
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
tissimus
</ab>

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.

Commentary:

1. Augustus: 364-367, see 57, n. 1.

2. Dracontius: See 57, n.2.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.V.23)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.V.23)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.IV.28)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.IV.28)

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