539. Fragmentary ?dedication

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.70 x h: 1.50 x d: 0.55) of coarse grey limestone.  
Text:
Re-inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.77) from which a previous inscription has been erased. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.02-0.04. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum. South Portico.  
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
A. Degrassi, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950, III 1954 This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952; including revisions from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147 
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
Bono generis
humani [nato]
pr[o]uiso fortis-
simo [·· c. 9··]
5[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]olin[·]o
[·· ? ··]VC
A[·· ? ··]us Rogati[an]us
u(ir) c(larissimus) ẠP̣LL d(euotus) n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue)
10e[ius·· ? ··]
N[··]Ṿ[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]
BONOGENERIS
HVMANI[·····]
PR[··]VISOFORTIS
SIMO[·· c. 9··]
5[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]OLIN[·]O
[·· ? ··]VC
A[·· ? ··]VSROGATI[···]VS
VC··LLDNMQ
10E[······ ? ··]
N[··]·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Bono
generis
<lb n="2" />
humani
<supplied reason="lost" >
nato
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
pr
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
uiso
fortis
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
simo
<gap reason="lost" extent="9" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
olin
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
o
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
vc
</orig>
<lb n="8" />
A
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
us
Rogati
<supplied reason="lost" >
an
</supplied>
us
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
ir
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimus
</ex>
</expan>
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ap
</unclear>
ll
</orig>
<expan>
<abbr>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
euotus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
umini
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
aiestati
</ex>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
ue
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="10" />
e
<supplied reason="lost" >
ius
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="11" />
<orig >
n
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
v
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="12" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

2, humani [nato], Degrassi: this should be accepted; in fact some consistent traces of the letters survive.

Translation:

[Born] for the good of the human race foreseen, the bravest [·· ? ··] A[·· ? ··]us Rogatianus, splendid man, (of senatorial status), APLL (abbreviation not resolved), devoted to his divine power and majesty, [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 581)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 581)

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