434. Dedication to Geta

Description:
Moulded base made of marble (w: 0.72 x h: 1.40 x d: 0.45).  
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die, w: 0.355 x h: 0.55). Uniform with 392, 403, 422.  
Letters:
Rustic capitals: 0.04-0.03. 
Date:
Between 10 Dec. A.D. 200 - 9 Dec. A.D. 201 from dated from 422  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, on the lower steps of the cavea, West side. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Caputo, Epigraphica (Rivista Italiana di Epigrafia), Milano, vol. I, 1939 I:170 ff. 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) 
〚P(ublio) Se[ptim]io Get[a]e C[ae]s(ari) 〛
Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) L(uci) Septimi
Seueri Pii Pertina-
cis Aug(usti) Arab(ici) Adiabe-
5nici Parthici maximi
felicissimi p(atris) p(atriae) 〚filio〛
M(arcus) Iunius Punicus proc(urator)
sexagenarius prouinci-
ae Thraciae centena-
10rius Alexandriae ad
Mercurium
〚PSE[·····]IOGET[··]EC[···]S〛
IMPCAESLSEPTIMI
SEVERIPIIPERTINA
CISAVGARABADIABE
5NICIPARTHICIMAXIMI
FELICISSIMIPP〚FILIO〛
MIVNIVSPVNICVSPROC
SEXAGENARIVSPROVINCI
AETHRACIAECENTENA
10RIVSALEXANDRIAEAD
MERCVRIVM
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Get
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C
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Imp
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eratoris
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Caes
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L
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Septimi
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Seueri
Pii
Pertina
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cis
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<abbr>
Aug
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usti
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Arab
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Adiabe
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nici
Parthici
maximi
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felicissimi
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p
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atris
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p
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atriae
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<del>
filio
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<expan>
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M
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arcus
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Iunius
Punicus
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proc
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urator
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sexagenarius
prouinci
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ae
Thraciae
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rius
Alexandriae
ad
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Mercurium
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1, P(ublio) Septimio Getae Caes(ari): Erased after damnatio in 212.

6, filio: Erased after damnatio in 212.

Translation:

To Publius Septimius Geta Caesar (all erased) 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; Marcus Junius Punicus, imperial equestrian agent in Thrace at a salary of sixty thousand sesterces, and in Alexandria at the Temple of Mercury, at a salary of one hundred thousand.

Commentary:

l. 7. M. Iunius Punicus. Also in 392, l. 8; 403, l. 9; 422, l. 9.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1216 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1216 Leica)

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