2890 - Dedication to Hercules from Leptis Magna - Lebdah

Description

[Imp(eratore) Caesa]re divi M[arci f(ilio) M(arco) Aurelio Commodo Aug(usto)] / [---]m() pon[t(ifice) max(imo) trib(unicia) pot(estate) V---] / [deo Herc]uli Genio municipii [---] / [---]qu[---] / [---] municipii [---]mi[---]

Code

2890

Title

2890 - Dedication to Hercules from Leptis Magna - Lebdah

Text of the inscription

[Imp(eratore) Caesa]re divi M[arci f(ilio) M(arco) Aurelio Commodo Aug(usto)] / [---]m() pon[t(ifice) max(imo) trib(unicia) pot(estate) V---] / [deo Herc]uli Genio municipii [---] / [---]qu[---] / [---] municipii [---]mi[---]

Alternative text

Imperatore Caesare divi Marci filio Marco Aurelio Commodo Augusto m pontifice maximo tribunicia potestate V deo Herculi Genio municipii qu municipii mi

Textual source

EDCS (adapted by J.C. López-Gómez)

Language

Latin

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Onomastic attribute 1

Emperor / Caesar / King / Queen

Commodus

Terminus post quem

180

Terminus ante quem

192

Dating criteria

Imperial titles

Topographic context

Hadrianic Baths, re-used in the late paving of the Caldarium

Place of conservation

In situ

Support

Tabula

Size (cm)

90 x 187 x ?

Material

Marble

Further bibliography

IRT 286; BCTH 1981B, 20

Last update

2021-08-26

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