Inscriptions: Dedication for an image of Liber Pater, Amor, and Apollo

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00435
Title	Dedication for an image of Liber Pater, Amor, and Apollo
Trismegistos-No.	199556

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Leptis Magna
Find Context	Discovered in Leptis Magna, in the insula 8 opposite the Chalcidicum; it was found in association with a statue combining the attributes of all three gods.
Latitude	32.638
Longitude	14.2914
Current Location	Leptis Magna
Inventory number
Current Location Details	In situ, at the entrance of a monumental building.
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Object Details

Object Type	base
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	complete?
Dimensions	width: 64.0 cm height: 97.0 cm depth: 59.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	9.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	9.0
Execution Technique	moulded
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence No, but follows metrical subdivisions

Prose Verse Presence	Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function	dedication / votive inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

SVMLIBER
AMORQDEVS
ETPVLCHERAPOLLO

Sum Liber,
Amorq(ue) deus
et pulcher Apollo.

Sum Liber, Amorq(ue) deus et pulcher Apollo.

Apparatus

Text follows CLEAfr.
l. 1: part seems to be vacant, an [En] conicts vgl. Cugusi, Sblendorio 2014, 64.

Main Translation

Translation	There! I am Liber, and the god Love, and the beautiful Apollo.
Citation	Team Mappola

Other Translations

Io sono Libero, il dio Amore e il bell’Apollo. (Italian, Tasso 2024)

Prosopographical Information

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	201 AD
Date (To)	300 AD
Date (Criteria)	palaeography

Bibliography

IRT 00299
CLEAfr 02, 00002
AE 1954, 00201d
AE 2014, 01476
D. Pikhaus, Répertoire des inscriptions latines versifiées de l'Afrique romaine (Ier-VIe siècles), Bruxelles 1994, 30 🔗 link
M. Tasso, Dio, gli dèi e il divino: religione, credenza e identità nelle iscrizioni versificate del Nord Africa romano, Wien 2024, 360, 5. 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-03-11, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status	Complete
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Revisions

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