Fragmentary dedication of an altar
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
source date: Probably CE 92
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 83-91, pls. I, II, whence [...] 1949.159,160, whence [...] 404-406; discussed, [...], 214-215, whence [...] 1951.83; a and b: [...], 318, whence [...], 318, whence [...] 027741 c: [...] 31-32; [...] 27 [...] 22; [...] Labdah N19; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..

[...] Augusto sacrum Asprenas proconsul dedicauit

[...] ornator patriae amator concordiae cui primo ordo et populus ob merita maiorum eius et ipsius lato clauo semper uti concessit aram et podium de sua pecunia facienda curauit

bn ṭybry qlᶜwdy sᵓsty ᵓdr ᶜzrm zbḥ l ᵓlm wᵓspᶜsyᶜnᵓ špṭ zbḥ l̊ kl ḥyt mḥb ᵓrṣ m ḥb bnᵓ ᶜm my šql ᵓrṣ m šlk bnᵓ ᶜm mḥb dᶜt h tmt l my lpny ᵓdrᵓ ᵓlpqy w ᶜm ᵓlpqy l py mᵓsᵓ ᵓb tm w mᵓsm bnt/m ytnᵓ l ᶜbd b ṣpᵓt kl ḥytm mzbḥ w pᵓdy pᶜl lmb mlktm b tm

a. Sacred to [...] Augustus; Asprenas, proconsul, dedicated this

b. [...] adorner of his country, lover of concord, the first person whom the town council and the people allowed to wear the broad band permanently, on account of his merit and those of his ancestors. He organised the making of the altar and the paved base at his own expense.

c. [Tiberius Claudius Sestius, of the Quirina voting tribe] son of Tiberius Claudius Sestius prefect of the cult, flamen of the divine Vespasian, sufete, perpetual flamen, lover of the fatherland, lover of the sons of people, adorner of the fatherland saviour of the sons of the people, lover of complete knowledge, to whom, for the first time, the elders of Lepcis and the people of Lepcis, for the achievements of his fathers and for his own achievements, they gave him the right to wear the purple for his whole life. An altar and podium made, according to the work to be done, at his own expense.

a: L. Nonius Asprenas: PIR, N 127, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/9645

b) line 1. Ti. Claudius Sestius, see 347. The surviving text is identical with that of 347, dated in 92, with the exception of the order of the words in line 9.

c: Discussion of the Neo-Punic text: Levi della Vida (1971), 460-461; Amadasi Guzzo (1979), 27-35; Jongeling, K. 1983, ‘Neo-punische-latijnse inscripties uit Lepcis Magna (Libye)’ in , 413; Garbini (1987), 12; Fontana (2001), 165; Jongeling (2008), Labdah N19; Cooley (2012), 253; Wilson (2012), 297-299.