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- Description:
-
Architrave blocks of grey limestone (each approx. w: 1.80
x h: 0.50 x d: 0.50) from two apparently identical
monumental inscriptions. Eleven blocks were found in 1930,
of which three only are still visible; the others are now
buried under alluvial deposit and the text of these latter
is known only from a drawing made in 1932 and in part from
a photograph in the Superintendency archives. a) Blocks
still visible. b) Blocks no longer visible, but
photographed.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the surviving faces.
- Letters:
-
Lapidary capitals: l. l, 0.165; l. 2, 0.14; l. 3, 0.11.
- Date:
- A.D. 61-62 (titulature)
- Findspot:
-
Lepcis Magna: Port area, near the junction of the Port and the
Colonnaded Street, on the North West bank of Wadi Lebdah.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
-
N. Degrassi,
Epigraphica (Rivista Italiana di Epigrafia),
Milano, vol. I, 1939 VII:11, n. 2 (1. 3 only); A.
Degrassi, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia,
Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950 III
1954. 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)
ai
(Blocks 1 and 2.)
[·· ? ··] RONI CLAVDIO DIVI CLAVDI F GERMANI [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] SER CORNELIVS SER F LEM ORFITV [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] COLVMNAS ET SVPER COLVMNIA ET SV [·· ? ··]
ii
(Block 3)
[·· ? ··] NEP TI CAESARIS PRO [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] QVAESTOR DIVI CLAVD [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] ET SVPER OSTIA IN TRIBVS [·· ? ··]
b
(Blocks no longer visible but photographed.)
i
(Block 4.)
[·· ? ··] ONEP DIVI AVG AB [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] ṚB COS PONTIF SOD [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] S F SABINVS [·· ? ··]
ii
(Block 5.)
[·· ? ··] POTI CAESARI [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] ODALIS AVGVSTALIS [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] HYMBAḶ ARINIS F SABINVS TAP [·· ? ··]
iii
(Block 6.)
[·· ? ··] TRIB POT VIII
[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] P SILIO CELERE [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] OṚ PECVNIAE PVBLICAE EAS PORT [·· ? ··]
c
(Blocks no longer visible, known only from a drawing.)
i
(Block 7. l.1 only. ll.2-3 nil.)
ii
(Block 8.)
[·· ? ··] ONTIF MAX [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] EDICAVIT [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] IDEMQVE CVRAṾ [·· ? ··]
iii
(Block 9.)
[·· ? ··] AVG GERMANICO [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] PROCOS PATRONVS [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] APIVS FLAMEN DIVI AVG SVFETV [·· ? ··]
iv
(Block 10. l.1 only, ll. 2-3 nil.)
v
(Block 11.)
[·· ? ··] MAX [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] IENDAS CVRAṾ [·· ? ··]
ai
(Blocks 1 and 2.) [·· ?
··]RONI CLAVDIO DIVI CLAVDI F GERMANI[·· ? ··] [·· ? ··] SER CORNELIVS SER F LEM ORFITV[·· ? ··] [·· ? ··] COLVMNAS ET SVPER COLVMNIA ET SV[·· ? ··]
ii
(Block 3) [·· ? ··]NEP TI
CAESARIS PRO[·· ? ··] [·· ? ··]
QVAESTOR DIVI CLAVD[·· ? ··] [·· ? ··]
ET SVPER OSTIA IN TRIBVS [·· ? ··]
b
(Blocks no longer visible but photographed.)
i
(Block 4.)
[·· ? ··]ONEP DIVI AVG AB[··
? ··] [·· ? ··]·B COS PONTIF SOD [·· ?
··] [·· ? ··]S F SABINVS [·· ? ··]
ii
(Block 5.)
[·· ? ··]POTI CAESARI[·· ?
··] [·· ? ··]ODALIS AVGVSTALIS [·· ?
··] [·· ? ··]HYMBA· ARINIS F SABINVS
TAP[·· ? ··]
iii
(Block 6.)
[·· ? ··] TRIB POT
VIII [·· ? ··] [·· ? ··] P SILIO CELERE [·· ? ··] [·· ? ··]O· PECVNIAE PVBLICAE EAS PORT[·· ? ··]
c
(Blocks no longer visible, known only from a drawing.)
i
(Block 7. l.1 only. ll.2-3 nil.)
ii
(Block 8.)
[·· ? ··]ONTIF MAX [·· ?
··] [·· ? ··]EDICAVIT [·· ? ··] [·· ? ··] IDEMQVE CVRA·[·· ? ··]
iii
(Block 9.)
[·· ? ··] AVG GERMANICO [··
? ··] [·· ? ··]PROCOS PATRONVS [·· ?
··] [·· ? ··]APIVS FLAMEN DIVI AVG
SVFETV [·· ? ··]
iv
(Block 10. l.1 only, ll. 2-3 nil.)
v
(Block 11.)
[·· ? ··] MAX [·· ? ··] [·· ? ··] [·· ? ··]IENDAS CVRA·[·· ?
··]
NERONICLAVDIODIVICLAVDIFGERMA[·····]NEPTICAESARISPRONEPDIVIAVGAB[···]POTICAESARIAVGGERMANICO[··]ONTIFMAXTRIBPOT VIII[·····]COS IIIIPP SERCORNELIVSSERFLEMORFITV[···· c.
8··]QVAESTORDIVICLAVD[·······]·BCOSPONTIFSODALISAVGVSTALISPROCOSPATRONVS[··]EDICAVITPSILIOCELERE[·········
? ··] [·· ?
··]COLVMNASETSVPERCOLVMNIAETSVPEROSTIAINTRIBVS[·· c.
15·····]HYMBA·ARINISFSABINVSTAPAPIVSFLAMENDIVIAVGSVFETV[··
?
·····]CIENDASCVRA[····]IDEMQVECVRA·ORPECVNIAEPVBLICAEEASPORT[·······
? ··]
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<ab>
<note>
Blocks 1 and 2.
</note>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
roni claudio diui claudi f germani
</orig>
<gap
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<orig
>
ser cornelius ser f lem orfitu
</orig>
<gap
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
columnas et super columnia et su
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="ii"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
nep ti caesaris pro
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
quaestor divi claud
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
et super ostia in tribus
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="b"
>
<note>
Blocks no longer visible but photographed.
</note>
<div
type="textpart"
n="i"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
onep diui aug ab
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
<unclear
reason=""
>
r
</unclear>
b cos pontif sod
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
s f sabinus
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="ii"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
poti caesari
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
odalis augustalis
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
hymba
<unclear
reason=""
>
l
</unclear>
arinis f sabinus tap
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="iii"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
trib pot
<num
value="8"
>
VIII
</num>
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
p silio celere
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
o
<unclear
reason=""
>
r
</unclear>
pecuniae publicae eas port
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="c"
>
<note>
Blocks no longer visible, known only from a drawing.
</note>
<div
type="textpart"
n="i"
>
<note>
Block 7. l.1 only. ll.2-3 nil.
</note>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="ii"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
ontif max
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
idemque cura
<unclear
reason=""
>
u
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="iii"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
aug germanico
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
procos patronus
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
apius flamen diui aug sufetu
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="iv"
>
<note>
Block 10. l.1 only, ll. 2-3 nil.
</note>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
cos
<num
value="4"
>
IIII
</num>
pp
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div
type="textpart"
n="v"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
iendas cura
<unclear
reason=""
>
u
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Neroni
Claudio
diui
Claudi
Germa
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
nici
</supplied>
Caesaris
diui
ab
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ne
</supplied>
poti
Caesari
Germanico
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
p
</supplied>
ontif
</abbr>
</expan>
<num
value="8"
>
VIII
</num>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<num
>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent=""
unit=""
extentmax="4"
/>
</num>
</supplied>
<num
value="4"
>
IIII
</num>
<lb
n="2"
/>
Cornelius
Orfitu
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
s
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="8"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
quaestor
diui
Claud
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
i
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
u
</supplied>
<unclear
reason=""
>
r
</unclear>
b
</abbr>
</expan>
sodalis
Augustalis
patronus
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
d
</supplied>
edicauit
Silio
Celere
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
legato
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
columnas
et
super
columnia
et
super
ostia
in
tribus
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="15"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
It
</supplied>
hymba
<unclear
reason=""
>
l
</unclear>
Arinis
Sabinus
Tapapius
flamen
diui
sufetu
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
fa
</supplied>
ciendas
cura
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
uit
</supplied>
idemque
cura
<unclear
reason=""
>
t
</unclear>
or
pecuniae
publicae
eas
port
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
icus
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
Reconstructed Text
Neroni Claudio diui Claudi f(ilio) Germa[nici] nep(oti)
Ti(beri) Caesaris pronep(oti) diui Aug(usti) ab[ne]poti
Caesari Aug(usto) Germanico [p]ontif(ici) max(imo)
trib(unicia) pot(estate)
VIII [imp(eratori)
·· ? ··]] co(n)s(uli)
IIII
p(atri) p(atriae)
Ser(uius) Cornelius Ser(ui) f(ilius) Lem(onia tribu) Orfitu[s
·· c. 8··] quaestor diui Claud[i pr(aetor) u]ṛb(anus)
co(n)s(ul) pontif(ex) sodalis Augustalis proco(n)s(ul)
patronus [d]edicauit P(ublio) Silio Celere [legato ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] columnas et super columnia et super ostia in tribus
[·· c. 15·· It]hymbaḷ Arinis f(ilius) Sabinus Tapapius flamen
diui Aug(usti) sufetu [·· ? ·· fa]ciendas cura[uit] idemque
curaṭor pecuniae publicae eas port[icus ·· ? ··]
a.3, supercolumnia et superostia, Degrassi
: on the stone there are in fact stops between
super et columnia, and between super and
ostia.
Translation:
To Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, son of deified
Claudius, grandson of Germanicus, great grandson of Tiberius
Caesar, great great grandson of deified Augustus, chief
priest, holding tribunician power for the eighth time,
acclaimed victor ? times, consul four times, father of the
country; Servius Cornelius Orfitus, son of Servius, of the
Roman voting tribe Lemonia, [·· ? ··] quaestor of the deified
Claudius, urban praetor, consul, priest, sodalis
(Roman priest)
of the cult of the Augusti, proconsul, patron, dedicated (it),
Publius Silvius Celer [·· ? ··] his legate [·· ? ··] Ithymbal
Sabinus Tapapius, son of Arin, flamen
(local priest)
of the deified Augustus, sufete [·· ? ··], saw to the erection
of the columns and the apertures above them and above these
openings, in three [·· ? ··], and also as curator of public
funds [·· ? ··] those porticoes [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
a. i: Ser. Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus, cost ord. 51,
PIR (2) C 1444. Not previously known to have been
procos. Africae.
b..iii trib. pot. VIII. 10 Dec. 61 - 9 Dec. 62.
c.iii: Tapapius: Also in Neo-Punic 29 and probably Neo-Punic
33. For other members of the Tapapius family see
319
n. 8.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.XXI.36)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.XX.37)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 303)
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