282. Dedication to the Genius of Lepcis
- Description:
- Moulded marble base (w: 0.90 x h: 1.55 x d: 0.90)
- Text:
- Inscribed on front and back (see also 543); on the right-hand side a jug, on the left lituus, both in low relief. The first line is cut above the die; there are formal sprays at the beginning and end of ll. 2 and 4
- Letters:
- Fourth century A.D. capitals; 0.05
- Date:
- Fourth century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Findspot unrecorded
- 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; including revisions from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Λέπκις
ἡ
μεγάλη
φιλισερώμη
<lb
n="2"
/>
<g
type="spray"
>
</g>
Genio
<g
type="spray"
>
</g>
<lb
n="3"
/>
coloniae
<lb
n="4"
/>
<g
type="spray"
>
</g>
Lepcis
<g
type="spray"
>
</g>
<lb
n="5"
/>
Magnae
<lb
n="6"
/>
Crescentinae
1, Or perhaps φιλησιρώμη.
Translation:
Lepcis, the great (city); Rome loves you. (or) Lepcis, great city, lover of Rome.
To the genius of the colony of Lepcis Magna Crescentina
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 373 Leica)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 27)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 332)
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