283. Dedication to the Genius of Lepcis

Description:
 
Text:
Re-inscribed over the partially erased text of 423, q.v. 
Letters:
Late form of Rustic capitals, mid third century: l.1 0.08; l. 2, 0.06; ll. 3- 4, 0.05. 
Date:
Mid third century A.D. (lettering, context) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, South side. 
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) 
Genio
col(oniae) Sept(imiae) Lepc(is) Mag(nae)
felicis
d(ecreto) s(plendidissimi) o(rdinis)
GENIO
COLSEPTLEPCMAG
FELICIS
DSO
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Genio
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
col
</abbr>
<ex>
oniae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Sept
</abbr>
<ex>
imiae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Lepc
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Mag
</abbr>
<ex>
nae
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
felicis
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
ecreto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
plendidissimi
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
o
</abbr>
<ex>
rdinis
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

To the Genius of the colony, Septimia Lepcis Magna, the fortunate. By decree of the most splendid city-council.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 330)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 330)

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