Description:
Marble panel (w: 2.41 x h: 0.71, both ends missing). 
Text:
nscribed within a moulded border.  
Letters:
Second century lapidary capitals: lines 1-2, 0.07; lines 3-5, 0.06.  
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Not previously published. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
[·· ? ··A]uitio Q(uinti) fil(io) Quir(ina) (tribu) Rufo trib(uno) mil(itum) leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) F[el(icis)]
[praef(ecto) c]oh(ortis) I Aug(ustae) Thrac(um) proximo tertiae militiae IIu[iro]
[decre(- - -)]t(o) ordin(is) ob merit(a) eius erga rem publicam ẹx[imia]
[Q(uintus) Aui]tius Lucanus pater titulo et honore [contentus]
5 [s]ua pecunia posuit
[·· ? ····]VITIOQFILQVIRRVFOTRIBMILLEGVIIGEMF[···]
[········]OHIAVGTHRACPROXIMOTERTIAEMILITIAEIIV[····]
[······]TORDINOBMERITEIVSERGAREMPVBLICAM·X[·····]
[······]TIVSLVCANVSPATERTITVLOETHONORE[··········]
5[··]VAPECVNIAPOSVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
A
</supplied>
uitio
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Quir
</abbr>
<ex>
ina
</ex>
<ex>
tribu
</ex>
</expan>
Rufo
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
uno
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
mil
</abbr>
<ex>
itum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="7" >
VII
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
Gem
</abbr>
<ex>
inae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
F
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
el
</abbr>
<ex>
icis
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
praef
</abbr>
<ex>
ecto
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
c
</supplied>
<abbr>
oh
</abbr>
<ex>
ortis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="1" >
I
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Thrac
</abbr>
<ex>
um
</ex>
</expan>
proximo
tertiae
militiae
<orig >
II
</orig>
u
<supplied reason="lost" >
iro
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
decre
</abbr>
</supplied>
<abbr>
t
</abbr>
<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
ordin
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
ob
<expan>
<abbr>
merit
</abbr>
<ex>
a
</ex>
</expan>
eius
erga
rem
publicam
<unclear reason="" >
e
</unclear>
x
<supplied reason="lost" >
imia
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uintus
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Aui
</supplied>
tius
Lucanus
pater
titulo
et
honore
<supplied reason="lost" >
contentus
</supplied>
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
ua
pecunia
posuit
</ab>

1, Or P(iae) F(elicis).

Translation:

to [·· ? ··] Avitius Rufus, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Quirina, military tribune in Legion VII Gemina Felix, [prefect] of cohort I Augusta of Thracians, approaching his third military appointment, duovir; honoured by decree of the city council, on account of his outstanding merits in public affairs; [Quintus] Auitius Lucanus, his father, was satisfied with the decree and the honour and set (this) up at his own expense.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)

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