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104. Honours for a fourth century official

Description:: Moulded base (w: 0.60 x h: 1.30 x d: 0.75) of brown limestone, much damaged.
Text:: Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die, w: 0.45 x h: 0.75). The first two lines are cut above the die.
Letters:: Fourth century A.D. capitals: l.1, 0.07; remainder, av. 0.04.
Date:: Fourth century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:: Sabratha: Forum area, forum, at the E end of the S portico.
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)

[·· ? ··] ṭii u(iri) p(erfectissimi)
[·· ? ·· integ]ritatis religione
[·· ? ··]ṆTIF̣[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]se
5[---?]
[·· ? ··]u
[·· ? ··] ob
[---?]
[---?]
10 [ordo et popu]lus colo[niae Sabr(athensis)]
[·· c. 4·· publi]ce posuit[·· c. 7··]
[· cur]ante C(aio) Aurelio Feliciạṇọ
Ḍ[a]masio fl(amine) p(er)p(etuo) sac(erdote) dei Herculis
q(uin)q(uennale) curatore rei publicae
15feliciter

[·· ? ··]·IIVP
[·· ? ········]RITATISRELIGIONE
[·· ? ··]·TI·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]SE
5[---?]
[·· ? ··]V
[·· ? ··]OB
[---?]
[---?]
10[··········]LVSCOLO[··········]
[·· c. 4········]CEPOSVIT[·· c. 7··]
[·····]ANTECAVRELIOFELICI···
·[··]MASIOFLPPSACDEIHERCVLIS
QQCVRATOREREIPVBLICAE
15FELICITER

<ab>

</unclear>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

iri

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

erfectissimi

</ex>

</expan>

integ

</supplied>

ritatis

religione

<orig >

</unclear>

</unclear>

</orig>

ordo

</supplied>

popu

</supplied>

lus

colo

niae

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

Sabr

</abbr>

<ex>

athensis

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

publi

</supplied>

posuit

cur

</supplied>

ante

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

aio

</ex>

</expan>

Aurelio

Felici

ano

</unclear>

</unclear>

</supplied>

masio

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

amine

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

etuo

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

sac

</abbr>

<ex>

erdote

</ex>

</expan>

dei

Herculis

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uin

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uennale

</ex>

</expan>

curatore

rei

publicae

feliciter

</ab>

Translation:

[In honour] of [·· ? ··]tius, excellent man (i.e. of equestrian status ), [·· ? ··] of integrity, with (or by) conscientiousness, [·· ? ··]; (l.10)[the city council and the] people of the colony [of Sabratha·· ? ··] set this up publicly [·· ? ··]; Caius Aurelius Felicianus Damasius, perpetual flamen (priest), priest of the god Hercules, duovir in a fifth year, curator of the public affairs. With good fortune.