Description:
Five blocks of grey limestone from a monumental inscription. Four are from an upper course (together, originally w: 2.97 x h: 0.50 x d: 0.50) and one from a lower course (w: 1.10 x h: 0.46 x d: 0.42).  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: ll.1-4, 0.07; ll.5-9, 0.06. 
Date:
After A.D. 139 (titulature. See notes.)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Hadrianic Baths, found cut for re-use as voussoirs and lying scattered in the Caldarium. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. Bartoccini, Le Terme di Lepcis (Afrika Italiana: Monografie a cura del Ministero delle Colonie, IV), Bergamo, 1929, 91 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) 
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2〚co(n)s(uli) pro[co(n)s(uli) prou(inciae) Af]ric(ae) XVuir(o) sacr(is)〛 〚fa〛[ciundis] [curat]or(i) ạẹ[d]ịụṃ ṣạc̣(rarum) [et]
〚operum [publ(icorum) leg(ato) p]ro pr(aetore)〛 Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) Traiani Ha[driani] Aug(usti) prouinc(iae)
〚Cappadoc[iae leg(ato)] pro pr(aetore)〛 Imp(eratoris) C[a]es(aris) Traiani Hadrian[i A]ug(usti) pro〚uinciae〛
5 〚Mo[e]siae I[nferioris]〛 [le]g(ato) pro pr(aetore) I[mp(eratoris)] Caes(aris) diui Traiani [Au]g(usti) prouinciae
[Ciliciae cur]atori uiae Latinae [leg(ato) leg(ionis) VI Ferratae don(is) milit(aribus) don(ato)]
[ab Imp(eratore) Tra]iano Aug(usto) ob bellum [Parthicum pr(aetori) aed(ili) pleb(eio) quaest(ori)]
[prou(inciae) Hisp(aniae) B]aetic(ae) Vlterioris tribun(o) lat[ic(lauio) leg(ionis) I Mineruiae donis milit(aribus) don(ato)]
[ab Imp(eratore) Aug(usto) ob] bellum Marcomannicum [triumuiro capitali ·· ? ··]
10 [·· ? ·· Le]pcit[ani ·· ? ··]
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2〚COSPRO[·············]RICXVVIRSACR〛〚FA〛[········][······]OR··[··]······[···]
〚OPERVM[···········]ROPR〛IMPCAESTRAIANIHA[·······]AVGPROVINC
〚CAPPADOC[········]PROPR〛IMPC[··]ESTRAIANIHADRIAN[····]VGPRO〚VINCIAE〛
5〚MO[··]SIAEI[··········]〛[···]GPROPRI[············]CAESDIVITRAIANI[···]GPROVINCIAE
[·············]ATORIVIAELATINAE[····]
[···········]IANOAVGOBBELLVM[··········]
[············]AETICVLTERIORISTRIBVNLAT[···················]
[···]BELLVMMARCOMANNICVM[············ ? ··]
10[·· ? ·····]PCIT[······ ? ··]
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co
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n
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<abbr>
s
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<ex>
uli
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<expan>
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pro
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co
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Af
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ric
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<ex>
ae
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<num value="15" >
XV
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<expan>
<abbr>
uir
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<ex>
o
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</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
sacr
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<ex>
is
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</expan>
</del>
<del>
fa
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ciundis
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<expan>
<abbr>
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curat
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or
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i
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ae
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d
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ium
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sac
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rarum
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et
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operum
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publ
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ro
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driani
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Aug
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usti
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prouinc
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iae
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Cappadoc
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iae
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leg
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pr
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C
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a
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es
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aris
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Traiani
Hadrian
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i
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A
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ug
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pro
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uinciae
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Mo
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siae I
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le
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g
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<ex>
ato
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pro
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<abbr>
pr
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<ex>
aetore
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<expan>
<abbr>
I
<supplied reason="lost" >
mp
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</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
eratoris
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
aris
</ex>
</expan>
diui
Traiani
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Au
</supplied>
g
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
prouinciae
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ciliciae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
cur
</supplied>
atori
uiae
Latinae
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
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<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="6" >
VI
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Ferratae
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<abbr>
don
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<ex>
is
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<abbr>
milit
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aribus
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</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
don
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<ex>
ato
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ab
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<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
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<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Tra
</supplied>
iano
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
ob
bellum
<supplied reason="lost" >
Parthicum
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
aetori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
aed
</abbr>
<ex>
ili
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pleb
</abbr>
<ex>
eio
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
quaest
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<ex>
ori
</ex>
</expan>
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<lb n="8" />
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<expan>
<abbr>
prou
</abbr>
<ex>
inciae
</ex>
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<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Hisp
</abbr>
<ex>
aniae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
B
</supplied>
aetic
</abbr>
<ex>
ae
</ex>
</expan>
Vlterioris
<expan>
<abbr>
tribun
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<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
lat
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ic
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</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
lauio
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="1" >
I
</num>
Mineruiae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
donis
<expan>
<abbr>
milit
</abbr>
<ex>
aribus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
don
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="9" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ab
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
ob
</supplied>
bellum
Marcomannicum
<supplied reason="lost" >
triumuiro
capitali
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="10" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Le
</supplied>
pcit
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ani
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

To [·· ? ··] consul, proconsul [of the province of] Africa, member of the committee of fifteen for sacred affairs, curator of sacred buildings and public works, legate with propraetorian powers (so far all erased) of emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus in the province of Cappadocia, propraetorian legate (erased from Cappadocia) of emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus in the province of Moesia inferior (erased from in), propraetorian legate of Emperor Caesar Trajan Augustus in the province [of Cilicia], curator of the Latin Road, [legate of legiona VI Ferrata, awarded military decorations by emperor] Trajan Augustus for the [Parthian] war, [praetor, plebeian aedile, quaestor of the province of Hispania] Baetica Ulterior, senatorial tribune [of legion I Minervia, awarded military honours by emperor Augustus for ] the Marcomannic war, [member of the committee of three concerned with capital crimes·· ? ··] the Lepcitanians [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 1. The consul proconsul prouinciae Africae is certainly Bruttius Praesens L. Fulvius Rusticus, cos. an. inc., cos. II 139, PIR (2) B 164 and Picard < Revue Africaine> XCIV (1950) 25 ff. The partial erasure of his career perhaps follows the damnatio of his granddaughter, Crispina Augusta.

l. 9. ab Imperator Augustus ob bellum Marcomannicum. By Domitian in 89.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 252 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 252 Lastre)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 251 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 251 Lastre)

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