943. Milestone. Mile LXXXII. Aurelian.

Description:
Milestone. Mile LXXXI´. Column (h: 1.53 x diam.: 0.32) broken in two pieces in antiquity. 
Text:
Inscribed within a recessed die (w: 0.30 x h: 0.40). 
Letters:
0.03.  
Date:
A.D. 275 (titulature)  
Findspot:
Central Road to the Fezzan, Oea-Mizda area: Chormet el-Hantescia Pass, 125km from Tripoli. Found with 942. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
R. G. Goodchild, The Roman Roads and Milestones of Tripolitania (Discoveries and Researches in 1947). Published by the Department of Antiquities, British Military Administration Tripolitania, 1948 (being vol. I of Reports and Monographs), 29, no. 40. 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. 
[Perpet]uo impera-
[to]ri inuicto imp-
eratori fortissi-
mo imp(eratori) L(ucio) Domiti-
5o Aurelliano P(io) Fel(ici)
Aug(usto) Germanico
max(imo) Carpico max(imo) (sic)
cons(uli) ter p(atri) p(atriae) proconsule (sic)
m(iliarium) n(umero) LXXXII
[·······]VOIMPERA
[···]RIINVICTOIMP
ERATORIFORTISSI
MOIMPLDOMITI
5OAVRELLIANOPFEL
AVGGERMANICO
MAXCARPICOMAX(sic)
CONSTERPPPROCONSVLE(sic)
MNLXXXII
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Perpet
</supplied>
uo
impera
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
to
</supplied>
ri
inuicto
imp
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
eratori
fortissi
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
mo
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Domiti
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
o
Aurelliano
<expan>
<abbr>
P
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Fel
</abbr>
<ex>
ici
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
Germanico
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
Carpico
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<note>
sic
</note>
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
cons
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
ter
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
proconsule
<note>
sic
</note>
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
iliarium
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
umero
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="82" >
LXXXII
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

[To the perpetual] emperor, the unconquered emperor, the strongest emperor, Lucius Domitius Arellianus Pius Felix Augustus, greatest victor in Germany, greatest victor in Carpia, consul three times, father of the country, proconsul. Milestone eighty-two.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 357 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 357 Leica)

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