Inscriptions: Honorific inscription on the base of a statue for Aurelius Sempronius Serenus Dulcitius

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00436
Title	Honorific inscription on the base of a statue for Aurelius Sempronius Serenus Dulcitius
Trismegistos-No.	367565

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Leptis Magna
Find Context	The inscription was found in one enclosure of the local Serapeum. The carmen was incised on a marble base of a bronze statue dedicated to Aurelius Sempronius Serenus Dulcitius.
Latitude	32.638
Longitude	14.2914
Current Location	Leptis Magna
Inventory number
Current Location Details	in situ
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Object Details

Object Type	base
Material	marble
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 81.5 cm height: 117.0 cm depth: 81.5 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	5.3
Letter Size in cm (max)	5.9
Execution Technique	incised
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

Prose Verse Presence	Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no

Text

Function	honorific inscription
Language(s)	Greek
Verse Type(s)	Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

ΔΟΥΛΚΙΤΙ
ΕΙΚΟΝΑΧΑΛΚΕΟΤΕΥΚΤΟΝ
ΕΘΗΚΑΤΟΤΗΝΔΕΣΕΡΕΝΩ
ΛΕΠΤΙCΑΜΕΙΒΟΜΕΝΗ
5ΜΟΥCΑΝΑΟΙΔΟΠΟΛΟΝ

Δουλκῖτι·
Εἰκόνα χαλκεότευκτον
ἐθήκατο τήνδεΣερένῳ
Λέπτιc ἀμειβομένη
5Μοῦcαν ἀοιδοπόλον.

Δουλκῖτι· Εἰκόνα χαλκεότευκτον ἐθήκατο τήνδε
Σερένῳ Λέπτιc ἀμειβομένη Μοῦcαν ἀοιδοπόλον.

Apparatus

Text follows SEG.
l. 2: χαλκεότευκτον - rare word (see also SEG 18, 137b).

Main Translation

Translation	To Dulcitius. Leptis set up this bronze statue to Serenus, rewarding his poetic Muse.
Citation	Team Mappola

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Name	Aurelius Sempronius Serenus Dulcitius
Gender	Male
Age Range	Adult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
Origin	Foreign
Legal Status	Roman citizen
Rank	Ordo equester
Profession	Imperial and municipal staff
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	280 AD
Date (To)	320 AD
Date (Criteria)	palaeography

Bibliography

SEG 53, 01165
AE 2003, 01916
I. Tantillo, Un principalis Alessandrino a Leptis Magna: Aurelius Sempronius Serenus signo Dulcitius, in R. Lizzi Testa (ed.), Le trasformazioni delle élites in età tardoantica: atti del convegno internazionale, Perugia, 15-16 marzo 2004, 405-436, Roma 2006 🔗 link
LSA 02199 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2026-08-18, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status	Complete
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