Dedication to AugustusJ. M. ReynoldsJ. B. Ward-Perkins
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Republished from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania,
Rome: British School at Rome,
1952.
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Description of Monument
Lintel (3.170.970.30)
of grey limestone.
Description of Text
Inscribed within a moulded tabella ansata
(die, 2.3150.62);
there is a rosette in relief within each ansa and clasped hands in relief in
the centre of line 2, between the words patre and Patriae. Two lines of Neo-Punic
follow the Latin text (unpublished but identical with the Neo-Punic text of 321,
q.v.) . Uniform with 321, 323. The text is identical with that of 323.
Description of Letters
Lapidary capitals: 0.09-0.065
Date
A.D. 1-2
(reign, titulature)
Locations
Lepcis Magna:
Theatre, in
situ above the door from the orchestra into the East lateral corridor.
Unknown
Theatre, in situ above the door from the orchestra into the East lateral corridor.
Bibliography
Caputo, II:197 ff, fig.15.
Text constituted from
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
Text
ImperatoreCaesareDiuifilioAugustopontificemaximotribuniciapotestateXXIVconsuleXIIIpatrepatriaeAnnobalornatorpatriaeamatorconcordiaeflamensufespraefectussacrorumHimilchonisTapapifiliusRufusdesuapecuniafaciendumcoerauitidemquededicauit
Translation
When Emperor Caesar Augustus, son of the deified Caesar, chief priest, was holding tribunician power for the twentyfourth time, consul for the thirteenth, father of the country, Annobal, adorner of his country, lover of concord, flamen local priest, sufete, in charged of sacred things, son of Himilcho Tapapius Rufus, saw to the construction at his own expense and also dedicated it.
Commentary
l. 1. trib. pot. XXIV - 1 July- A.D. 1 - 30 June 2.