420. Dedication to Caracalla

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.65 x h: 1.56 x d: 0.62) of grey brown limestone. A final spray follows the text; on the right-hand face, a patera in relief. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.66). 
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.03. 
Date:
Between 10 Dec. A.D. 200 - 9 Dec. A.D. 201 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, near the West end of the orchestra. 
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) 
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) M(arco) Aurelio
Antonino Augusto Pio
tribuniciae potestatis
IIII proco(n)s(uli) Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris)
5L(uci) Septimi Seueri Pii
Pertinacis Augusti
Arabici Adiabenici
Parthici maximi
felicissimi p(atris) p(atriae) filio
10Curia Pia Seueriana
ex uoto
statuit
IMPCAESMAVRELIO
ANTONINOAVGVSTOPIO
TRIBVNICIAEPOTESTATIS
IIIIPROCOSIMPCAES
5LSEPTIMISEVERIPII
PERTINACISAVGVSTI
ARABICIADIABENICI
PARTHICIMAXIMI
FELICISSIMIPPFILIO
10CVRIAPIASEVERIANA
EXVOTO
STATVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
Aurelio
<lb n="2" />
Antonino
Augusto
Pio
<lb n="3" />
tribuniciae
potestatis
<lb n="4" />
<num value="4" >
IIII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
uci
</ex>
</expan>
Septimi
Seueri
Pii
<lb n="6" />
Pertinacis
Augusti
<lb n="7" />
Arabici
Adiabenici
<lb n="8" />
Parthici
maximi
<lb n="9" />
felicissimi
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atris
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
filio
<lb n="10" />
Curia
Pia
Seueriana
<lb n="11" />
ex
uoto
<lb n="12" />
statuit
</ab>

Translation:

To emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Pius, holding tribunician power for the fourth time, proconsul, son of emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, most fortunate, father of the country; the Curia Pia Severiana set this up in accordance with a vow.

Commentary:

l. 4. trib. pot. IIII. Dec. 200 - 9 Dec. 201.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. 266 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. 266 Lastre)

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