320. Dedication to Augustus

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.785 x h: 0.39 x d: 0.465) of grey limestone, with four sockets on the upper surface.  
Text:
inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.63 x h: 0.24). Uniform with 328. 
Letters:
Irregular capitals: 0.045- 0.035 
Date:
2 B.C.  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, in the vaults below the stage.  
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) Caesari Diui f(ilio) Aug(usto)
pont(ifici) max(imo) co(n)s(uli) desig(nato) XIII
tribunicia po[t]estate XXI
Fuluii Lepc[itani c]ọṇs[er]ụạtori
IMPCAESARIDIVIFAVG
PONTMAXCOSDESIGXIII
TRIBVNICIAPO[··]ESTATEXXI
FVLVIILEPC[········]··S[···]··TORI
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
Caesari
Diui
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilio
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
pont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
max
</abbr>
<ex>
imo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
co
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
desig
</abbr>
<ex>
nato
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="13" >
XIII
</num>
<lb n="3" />
tribunicia
po
<supplied reason="lost" >
t
</supplied>
estate
<num value="21" >
XXI
</num>
<lb n="4" />
Fuluii
Lepc
<supplied reason="lost" >
itani
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
c
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
on
</unclear>
s
<supplied reason="lost" >
er
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
ua
</unclear>
tori
</ab>

Translation:

To Emperor Caesar Augustus, son of the deified (Caesar), chief priest, designated consul for the thirteenth time, holding tribunician power for the twenty-first; the Fulvii of Lepcis (set this up) to their saviour.

Commentary:

l. 3. trib. pot. XIII - 1 July 3 B.C. - 30 June 2 B.C. Augustus was cos. XIII on 1 Jan. 2 B.C.

l. 4. Fuluii Lepcitani. See also 328 , l. 3 ; 596 , l. 1.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1624 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1624 Leica)

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