406. Dedication to Julia Domna

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.67 x h: 1.54 x d: 0.66) of brown limestone, with an additional square plinth above. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die w: 0.325 x h: 0.50); on the left-hand face a jug, on the right a patera, both in low relief. 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.025. 
Date:
A.D. 198-210 (reign) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, in one of the lower tiers of the cavea, West end. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Aurigemma, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950 I:74. 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) 
Iulia[e] Augustae
matri castrorum
matri [Au]〚gus[torum]〛
conuigi inuịc̣ti
5 Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) L(uci) Septimi Seue[ri]
[Pi]i Pertina[cis] Aug(usti) Ar[a]bici
Adiab(enici) Parth(ici) maximi
Curia Iulia numini
eius deuotissima posuit
IVLIA[··]AVGVSTAE
MATRICASTRORVM
MATRI[···]〚GVS[······]〛
CONVIGIINV··TI
5IMPCAESLSEPTIMISEVE[···]
[···]IPERTINA[····]AVGAR[··]BICI
ADIABPARTHMAXIMI
CVRIAIVLIANVMINI
EIVSDEVOTISSIMAPOSVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Iulia
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
Augustae
<lb n="2" />
matri
castrorum
<lb n="3" />
matri
<supplied reason="lost" >
Au
</supplied>
<del>
gus
<supplied reason="lost" >
torum
</supplied>
</del>
<lb n="4" />
conuigi
inu
<unclear reason="damage" >
i
</unclear>
<unclear reason="damage" >
c
</unclear>
ti
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
Septimi
Seue
<supplied reason="lost" >
ri
</supplied>
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pi
</supplied>
i
Pertina
<supplied reason="lost" >
cis
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
Ar
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
bici
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Adiab
</abbr>
<ex>
enici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Parth
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
maximi
<lb n="8" />
Curia
Iulia
numini
<lb n="9" />
eius
deuotissima
posuit
</ab>

Translation:

To Julia Augusta, mother of the camps, mother of the Augusti (revised to the singular) wife of the unconquered Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia; the Curia Julia set this up, being deeply devoted to her divine power.

Commentary:

l. 3. AUG[[G]]. See 403, n. 2.

l. 8. Parthicus Maximus. From 198.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 264 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 264 Lastre)

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