359. Building inscription of aqueduct under Hadrian

Description:
Broken marble block (w: 0.33 x h: 0.20 x d: 0.15, width incomplete). 
Text:
Inscribed on one face; on the under face is a guilloche panel, which may be contemporary.  
Letters:
Second century capitals: l. 1, 0.05; l. 2, 0.045; l. 3, 0.04.  
Date:
A.D. 120 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, possibly originally from the fountain behind. 
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) 
[Imp(erator) Caesar diui Traiani Parthi]ci f(ilius) diui N[eruae n(epos) Traianus Hadrianus Aug(ustus)]
[pont(ifex) max(imus) trib(unicia) pot(estate) IIII co(n)s(ul)] III aqua[e aeternitati consuluit]
[Q(uintus) Seruilius Candi]dus pẹ[cunia sua perduxit]
[················]CIFDIVIN[········]
[·····]IIIAQVA[··············]
[··················]DVSP·[··········]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
erator
</ex>
</expan>
Caesar
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
diui
Traiani
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Parthi
</supplied>
ci
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
diui
N
<supplied reason="lost" >
eruae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
epos
</ex>
</expan>
Traianus
Hadrianus
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustus
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifex
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pot
</abbr>
<ex>
estate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="4" >
IIII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ul
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<num value="3" >
III
</num>
aqua
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
aeternitati
consuluit
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uintus
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Seruilius
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Candi
</supplied>
dus
p
<unclear reason="" >
e
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
cunia
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
sua
perduxit
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

[Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus,] son of deified [Trajan, victor in Parthia, grandson of deified Nerva, chief priest holding tribunician power for the fourth time, consul] for the third, [raised the question of permanent] water [supply. Quintus Servilius Candidus brought it at his own expense.]

Commentary:

l. 2. trib. pot. IIII - 10 Dec. 119 - 9 Dec. 120.

The text is apparently a duplicate of 358, qv.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1653 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1653 Leica)

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