461. Dedication to Carus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.45 x h: 0.97 x d: 0.45) of coarse brown limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.32 x h: 0.63). 
Letters:
Late form of Rustic capitals: 0.05-0.06. 
Date:
A.D. 281 (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Findspot unrecorded 
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) 
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari)
M(arco) Aurelio
Caro Pio Fel(ici)
inuicto Aug(usto)
5 pont(ifici) max(imo) t(ribunicia) p̣(otestate)
II co(n)s(uli) II p(atri) p(atriae) proco(n)s(uli)
Ḷ(ucius) Ịụḷ(ius) Paulinus
u(ir) c(larissimus) proco(n)s(ul) [·· c. 4··]
[---]
IMPCAES
MAVRELIO
CAROPIOFEL
INVICTOAVG
5PONTMAXT·
IICOSIIPPPROCOS
····PAVLINVS
VCPROCOS[·· c. 4··]
[---]
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<abbr>
Imp
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<ex>
eratori
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</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
Aurelio
<lb n="3" />
Caro
Pio
<expan>
<abbr>
Fel
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
inuicto
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
t
</abbr>
<ex>
ribunicia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<unclear reason="" >
p
</unclear>
<ex>
otestate
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
L
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
ucius
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
Iul
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
ius
</ex>
</expan>
Paulinus
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
ir
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ul
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<lb n="9" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
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Translation:

To Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus, Pius, Felix, unconquered, Augustus, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the second time, consul twice, father of the country, proconsul; Lucius Julius Paulinus, most splendid man (i.e. of senatorial status), proconsul [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

ll. 5-6. trib. pot. II - 10 Dec. 282 - 9 Dec. 283.

l. 6. cos. II - 1 Jan. 283.

l. 8. u(ir) c(larissimus) Perhaps Paulinus cos. 277, PIR1 (P) 126, not otherwise known to have been procos. Africae.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR

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