2357 - mzbḥ and pᵓdy from Leptis Magna - Lebdah
Description
bn ṭybry q[lᶜwdy sᵓsty] / ᵓdr ᶜzrm z[bḥ lᵓlm] / wᵓspᶜsyᶜnᵓ [š]p̊ṭ̊ / zbḥ l̊kl [ḥy]t mḥb ᵓrṣ m̊ / ḥb bnᵓ ᶜm myšql ᵓrṣ / mšlk bnᵓ ᶜm mḥb dᶜt htmt / lmy lpny ᵓdrᵓ ᵓlpqy wᶜm ᵓlpqy / lpy mᵓsᵓ ᵓbtm wmᵓsm bnt/m / ytnᵓ lᶜbd bṣpᵓt kl ḥytm / mzbḥ wpᵓdy / pᶜl lmbmlktm btm // [---] / [Augu]sto / [sac]rum / Asp[r]enas / proco(n)s(ul) / dedicavit // [Ti(berius) Claudius...
Code
2357
Title
2357 - mzbḥ and pᵓdy from Leptis Magna - Lebdah
Text of the inscription
bn ṭybry q[lᶜwdy sᵓsty] / ᵓdr ᶜzrm z[bḥ lᵓlm] / wᵓspᶜsyᶜnᵓ [š]p̊ṭ̊ / zbḥ l̊kl [ḥy]t mḥb ᵓrṣ m̊ / ḥb bnᵓ ᶜm myšql ᵓrṣ / mšlk bnᵓ ᶜm mḥb dᶜt htmt / lmy lpny ᵓdrᵓ ᵓlpqy wᶜm ᵓlpqy / lpy mᵓsᵓ ᵓbtm wmᵓsm bnt/m / ytnᵓ lᶜbd bṣpᵓt kl ḥytm / mzbḥ wpᵓdy / pᶜl lmbmlktm btm //
[---] / [Augu]sto / [sac]rum / Asp[r]enas / proco(n)s(ul) / dedicavit // [Ti(berius) Claudius Sestius] / ornator pat[riae] / amator concor/diae cui primo / ordo et populus / ob merita maio/rum eius et ipsius / lato clavo sem/per uti concessit / aram et podi(um) / d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(acienda) c(uravit)
[---] / [Augu]sto / [sac]rum / Asp[r]enas / proco(n)s(ul) / dedicavit // [Ti(berius) Claudius Sestius] / ornator pat[riae] / amator concor/diae cui primo / ordo et populus / ob merita maio/rum eius et ipsius / lato clavo sem/per uti concessit / aram et podi(um) / d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(acienda) c(uravit)
Textual source
Jongeling 2008, 27-28, Labdah N 19 // EDCS (adapted by J.C. López-Gómez)
Language
Neo-punic / Latin
Number of deities
1
Onomastic attribute 1
Institutions and individuals involved
2
Dedicant/s
Religious notabilia
mzbḥ / pᵓdy // Ara / Podium
Chronology
92
Dating criteria
Imperial titles
Location
Place of conservation
In situ
Support
Altar
Size (cm)
138 x 77 x 77
Material
Limestone
AE
1949, 159; 1949, 160; 1951, 83
Further bibliography
IRT 318; LBIRNA 55
