STATUE DEDICATION TO THE DEIFIED VIBIA SABINA, 137 CE. FORUM OF JULIUS CÆSAR This badly damaged marble base has been pieced together from fragments and was probably smashed for burning in the lime kilns. The dark wet holes on the top were where Sabina's statue was attached. The inscription, reconstructed, says " DIVAE SABINAE A[VG(ustae)] SABRATHE[NSES] EX AFR[ICA]", "To the divine empress Sabina. The people of Sabratha (dedicate this) from Africa". Why would the Sabrathans do this? This is one of only two inscriptions in Rome that mention the deified Sabina, who was given this honour after her death in 136/137 and before Hadrian's death in 138. At dome point in the C2, Sabratha was given colonial status and perhaps this statue marked the occasion. Vibia Sabina had no temple anywhere in the empire, and her one altar, possibly in the area of the temples to her mother Matidia and her husband in the Campus Martius, has long disappeared.

For #EpigraphyTuesday we're in the #Forum of #Julius #Caesar to find a somewhat enigmatic #inscription from the late reign of #Hadrian, a statue dedication to the emperor's deified wife #Sabina by the citizens of #Sabratha, a town in North #Africa. #AncientBluesky 🏺

First, for a session on how science is socially produced, a combo of students’ field diaries (we ask them to keep these for all fieldwork), Çatalhöyük sketch diaries db.catalhoyuk.com//dailysketches.html, and copies of Kathleen Kenyon’s field diaries from #Sabratha (taken from my research)

Eighteen migrant bodies recovered, over 90 rescued off Libya, Red Crescent says - Sight Magazine The bodies of at least 18 migrants, who died when their boat capsized west of Tripoli, were recovered, a Red Crescent branch said.

Eighteen migrant bodies recovered, over 90 rescued off Libya, Red Crescent says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #LIbya #migrantboats #irregularmigration #RedCrescent #Sabratha

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1/2Outrage in #Sabratha: “security” forces + militias stormed homes,burst into families’s bedrooms, terrified children,and arrested Sudanese families fleeing war some kids held in unfit sites,others disappeared.Illegal.
Immoral.
#Libya #HumanRights

That's the 5th time we've visited Libya 🇱🇾
The last time was 8 months, 3 weeks, 6 days ago : مسجد الصفاء in #Sabratha - https://twitter.com/churchesofnote/status/TESTID

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Libya Explore this photo album by Marco Di Leo on Flickr!

#Libya photogallery click bit.ly/2WFbMkL #Tripoli #Sabratha #LeptisMagna #DesertAwbari #TadrartAcacus #Awaynat #Germa #Sabha #Ubari

Soccorsi 3 barconi, sbarcano in 251 (tante donne e minori) a Lampedusa Intervento in mare da parte di una motovedetta di Frontex, di una motovedetta della guardia costiera e di un veliero della ong Nadir. Si tratta di eritrei, gambiani, somali, egiziani, etiopi, somali,...

🛟 Insges. erreichten bis zum Morgen 251 Menschen aus 3 Booten #Lampedusa. Ein #Frontex Boot rettete 110 Pers., die aus #Sabratha, #Libyen geflohen waren, Guardia Costiera 87 Pers. aus 1 weiteren Boot. Und schließlich brachte die #Nadir, @resqship.bsky.social am Morgen noch 54 Menschen an Land.

Guardia costiera soccorre barcone libico: sbarcano 108 migranti a Lampedusa Ieri sera sono stati trasferiti con il traghetto di linea per Porto Empedocle 300 dei 446 ospiti dell'hotspot. All'alba, nella struttura di prima accoglienza di contrada Imbriacola, c'erano 303 person...

🛟 Die Guardia Costiera hat heute Nacht 108 Menschen gerettet, die aus #Sabratha, #Libyen geflohen waren. Die CP309 brachte sie amm Favarolo-Pier in #Lampedusa sicher an Land.
Sie hatten zwischen $ 4.000 und 6.500 (letzteres Menschen aus #Syrien) für einen Platz auf dem Boot bezahlen müssen.

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Sbarcate e in salvo a Lampedusa le 28 persone soccorse dalla barca Safira

Sie waren von #Sabratha aus #Libyen geflohen und waren 52 Std. auf See und sehr erschöpft.

Die Gewalt gegen die Menschen in #Libyen wie in #Tunesien, führt, sobald das Wetter es erlaubt, zu zahlreichen Abfahrten. Über das Wochenende erreichten über 1.400 Menschen #Lampedusa.

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PM #Mediterranea:

Eine Person ist von hinten zu sehen, die an der Reling der Safira 2 sitzt und mit einem Fernglas das Meer beobachtet. Auf dem Rücken ihres blaueb T-Shirts steht: CREW Mediterranea Rescue [nicht lesbar] In einem Kasten oben steht: Domenica 6 aprile ABBIAMO SOCCORSO 28 PERSONE unten das MEDITERRANEA-Logo unten eingerahmt von: Missione #21

🛟 Die #Safira2⛵ von #Mediterranea Saving Humans hat heute Nachmittag 28 Menschen aus einem Boot gerettet, dessen Motor Feuer gefangen hatte. Sie waren in internationalen Gewässern in der tunesischen SRR in Not geraten, nachdem sie von #Sabratha aus #Libyen entfliehen konnten.

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That's the 5th time we've visited Libya 🇱🇾
The last time was 1 month, 5 days ago : مسجد الصفاء in #Sabratha - https://twitter.com/churchesofnote/status/TESTID

#VisitLibya
#StepByStep 👣
#PlacesOfWorship
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That's the 5th time we've visited Libya 🇱🇾
The last time was 1 month, 1 day ago : مسجد الصفاء in #Sabratha - https://twitter.com/churchesofnote/status/TESTID

#VisitLibya
#StepByStep 👣
#PlacesOfWorship
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That's the 5th time we've visited Libya 🇱🇾
The last time was 3 weeks, 0 days ago : مسجد الصفاء in #Sabratha - https://twitter.com/churchesofnote/status/TESTID

#VisitLibya
#StepByStep 👣
#PlacesOfWorship
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A map showing the great circle route from Sabratha in Libya to a map pin at Capilla San Martín de Porras, Calle Monteverde, San José de Guanipa 6054, Anzoategui State, Venezuela

Capilla San Martín de Porras in #SanJosedeGuanipa, #Venezuela -🇻🇪 is around 8,758 km or 5,474 miles from our previous place of worship Sabratha in #Sabratha, #Libya - 🇱🇾
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Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia - Wikipedia As a new contributor, you may feel a little overwhelmed by Wikipedia. Don't worry

مسجد الصفاء in #Sabratha, #Libya has no wikipedia page, why not become an editor and add one?
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A map showing the great circle route from Knjazevac Municipality in Serbia to a map pin at مسجد الصفاء, طريق المستشفى, Sabratha, Libya

مسجد الصفاء in #Sabratha, #Libya -🇱🇾 is around 1,576 km or 985 miles from our previous place of worship Knjazevac Municipality in #KnjazevacMunicipality, #Serbia - 🇷🇸
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