28. Dedication to Commodus

Description:
Fragment of a marble panel (w: 0.40 x h: 0.33, no edges surviving). 
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals: lines 1-2, 0.075, lines 3-4, 0.06. 
Date:
A.D. 185 (titulature)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
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) Aureli]o Com[modo]
[Antonino Aug(usto)] Pio Felici Sar(matico) G̣[erm(anico)]
[Britannico] [po]nt(ifici) max(imo) trib[(unicia) pot(estate) X]
[imp(eratori) VII co(n)s(uli) I]V desig(nato) V [p(atri) p(atriae) ·· ? ··]
[················]OCOM[·····]
[·········]PIOFELICISAR·[··········]
[···········][···]NTMAXTRIB[···········]
[······]VDESIGV[···· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Aureli
</supplied>
o
Com
<supplied reason="lost" >
modo
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Antonino
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
Pio
Felici
<expan>
<abbr>
Sar
</abbr>
<ex>
matico
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="damage" >
G
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
erm
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
anico
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Britannico
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
po
</supplied>
nt
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
unicia
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
pot
</abbr>
<ex>
estate
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="10" >
X
</num>
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="7" >
VII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<num value="4" >
<supplied reason="lost" >
I
</supplied>
V
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
desig
</abbr>
<ex>
nato
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="5" >
V
</num>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
atriae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[To Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius] Commodus [Antoninus Augustus], Pius, Felix, Victor in Sarmatia, Victor in G[ermany, victor in Britain], chief priest, holding tribunician [power for the tenth time, acclaimed victor seven times, consul] four times, designated for the fifth time [father of the country] [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 2. Felix in 185.

l. 4. Cos. IV, l Jan. 183; cos. V, 1 Jan. 186.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 788 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 788 Leica)

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