A new edition of the imperial regulation from the Lella Drebblia site near Dougga (AE 2001, 2083)

E-ISSN： 2331-5709|30|issue|407-428

ISSN： 1047-7594

Source： Journal of Roman Archaeology, Vol.30, Iss.issue, 2017-11, pp. : 407-428

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Abstract

While prospecting in the vicinity of Dougga in the autumn of 1999, the research group directed by M. de Vos (Università degli Studi di Trento) unearthed a large inscription dating from the reign of Hadrian. Its contents were immediately associated with the 6 major inscriptions found between the late 19th and early 20th c. concerning the conditions of exploitation of imperial property in this part of the province of Africa (NW Tunisia). The very next year de Vos presented photographs and an initial transcription of the inscription; her reading was subsequently corrected on certain points by Année Épigraphique but it remains incomplete for several lines, or one-third of the text on the preserved surface. It was therefore necessary to make a full scientific edition on the basis of a new reading.