Description:
Two fragments from the upper part of a panel of cream marble (w: 0.13 x h: 0.11 x d: 0.03 and w: 0.13 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.03). 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Late form of Rustic capitals: 0. 09. 
Date:
A.D. 253-268 (reign) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Found in the Forum Severianum. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum. 
Bibliography:
Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli) 16.2.28 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) P(ublio) Lici]nio Gall[ieno Pio Feli]ci inu[icto Aug(usto) ·· ? ··]
[---]
[·········]NIOGALL[··············]CIINV[··········· ? ··]
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Caes
</abbr>
<ex>
ari
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
P
</abbr>
<ex>
ublio
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Lici
</supplied>
nio
Gall
<supplied reason="lost" >
ieno
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pio
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Feli
</supplied>
ci
inu
<supplied reason="lost" >
icto
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

Translation:

T[To Emperor Caesar Publius Lici]nius Gallienus [Pius] Felix Invictus [Augustus·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.13)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.13)

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