354. Fragmentary dedication to Trajan
- Description:
- Four fragments, all probably from the same panel of white marble. a) and b) w: 0.20 x h: 0.11 and w: 0.25 x h: 0.20, no edges surviving. c) w: 0.12 x h: 0.12, no edges surviving. d) w: 0.16 x h: 0.22, lower border.
- Text:
- Inscribed within a moulded border
- Letters:
- a) and b): l. 1, lapidary capitals, 0.05; l. 2, Second century capitals, 0.035; l. 3, 0.045. c) Second century capitals, l. 1, 0.035; l. 2, 0.045. d) Second century capitals, l. 1, 0.045; l. 2, 0.04.
- Date:
- A.D. 113 (titulature)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Lepcis Museum.
- 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)
ab
(a) and b))
[Imp(eratore)
Caes(are)
Nerua Tr]ạiano
[Au]g(usto)
Ger(manico)
Ḍ[acico]
[pontif(ice) max(imo) trib(unicia)] pot[est](ate) XVII im[p(eratore) VI co(n)s(ule) VI p(atre) p(atriae)]
[·· ? ··]VEV[·· ? ··]
[---]
cd
[pontif(ice) max(imo) trib(unicia)] pot[est](ate) XVII im[p(eratore) VI co(n)s(ule) VI p(atre) p(atriae)]
[·· ? ··]VEV[·· ? ··]
[---]
ab
(a) and b))
cd
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n="ab"
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<note>
a) and b)
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<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratore
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
are
</ex>
Nerua
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Tr
</supplied>
<unclear
reason=""
>
a
</unclear>
iano
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Au
</supplied>
g
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
usto
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Ger
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
manico
</ex>
<unclear
reason=""
>
D
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
acico
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
<abbr>
pontif
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ice
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
imo
</ex>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
unicia
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
pot
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</abbr>
est
</supplied>
<ex>
</expan>
ate
</ex>
<num
value="17"
>
XVII
</num>
im
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eratore
</ex>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<num
value="6"
>
VI
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ule
</ex>
<num
value="6"
>
VI
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
atre
</ex>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
atriae
</ex>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<orig
>
vev
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="c"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
ni
<unclear
reason=""
>
o
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
ell
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart"
n="d"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
h
</supplied>
onora
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
rauit
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Translation:
(a and b.) [When the emperor Caesar Nerva] Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus was [chief priest, holding tribunician] power for the seventeenth time, acclaimed victor [six times, consul six times, father of the country·· ? ··]
c. Not usefully translatable.
d.[·· ? ··] ? honoured [·· ? ··](a singular subject)(took some action)[·· ? ··]
Commentary:
a and b) l. 2. trib. pot. XVII - 10 Dec. 112 - 9 Dec. 113.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.X.34)
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