939a. Milestone. Mile LIII. Gallienus.

Description:
Milestone. Mile LIII´. Column of grey limestone (h: 1.12 x diam.: 0.37) probably a re-used architectural fragment; broken in two pieces and damaged by use as a roller. 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
0.035-0.04. 
Date:
No date surviving. 262-268 A.D. (titulature) 
Findspot:
Eastern Djebel Road: Tazzoli in the Lepcis Magna-Tarhuna area, 3 km. South of Abiar Miggi (Tazzoli Village, Podere 90).  
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:
Previous publications and transcription, by Goodchild. 
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari)
P(ublio) Licinio GENA
Galenio
Pio inuict[o]
5 PIP Aug(usto) Pio
ANMOX Par(thico)
[maximo ·· ? ··]
[---]
9 [ - - - ] IVGRIE (sic)
10 [ - - - ] ONSAI
m(ilia) p(assuum) LIII
IMPCAES
PLICINIOGENA
GALENIO
PIOINVICT[··]
5PIPAVGPIO
ANMOXPAR
[········· ? ··]
[---]
9[ - - - ]IVGRIE(sic)
10[ - - - ]ONSAI
MPLIII
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
P
</abbr>
<ex>
ublio
</ex>
</expan>
Licinio
<orig >
gena
</orig>
<lb n="3" />
Galenio
<lb n="4" />
Pio
inuict
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
<lb n="5" />
<orig >
pip
</orig>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Pio
<lb n="6" />
<orig >
anmox
</orig>
<expan>
<abbr>
Par
</abbr>
<ex>
thico
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
maximo
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
<lb n="9" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" extentmax="3" />
<orig >
iugrie
</orig>
<note>
sic
</note>
<lb n="10" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" extentmax="3" />
<orig >
onsai
</orig>
<lb n="11" />
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
ilia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
assuum
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="53" >
LIII
</num>
</ab>

2, : sic: for Egnatio.

3, : sic.

5, : sic: or Fel(ici).

6, : sic: for pontifici) max(imo).

10, Perhaps for proconsuli.

Translation:

To emperor Caesar Publius Licinius [Egnatius] Gallienus, Pius, Unconquered, [Felix], Augustus, Pius, [chief preist, greatest] victor in Parthia [·· ? ··]. Milestone fifty-three.

Commentary:

l.6, Particus maximus: From c. 262-3, see Wickert, PW XIII, 359.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 2020 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 2020 Leica)

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