Description:
The upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.83 x h: 0.62). 
Text:
Inscribed within a narrow border. 
Letters:
Late second to third centuries A.D. lapidary capitals: 0.07-0.08. 
Date:
Late second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see 1, note 1. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
 
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) 
P̣(ublio) [·· 4-5··]o P(ubli) f(ilio) G̣[a]leria (tribu)
Maximo Numerio
Auito V G̣ C V
rarissimo
5Sabrathenses
pub[l]ice
patrono
[---]
·[·· 4-5··]OPF·[··]LERIA
MAXIMONVMERIO
AVITOV·CV
RARISSIMO
5SABRATHENSES
PVB[··]ICE
PATRONO
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="" >
P
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
ublio
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" extentmax="5" />
o
<expan>
<abbr>
P
</abbr>
<ex>
ubli
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilio
</ex>
</expan>
<unclear reason="" >
G
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
leria
<expan>
<ex>
tribu
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
Maximo
Numerio
<lb n="3" />
Auito
<orig >
u
</orig>
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
g
</unclear>
</orig>
<orig >
c
</orig>
<orig >
u
</orig>
<lb n="4" />
rarissimo
<lb n="5" />
Sabrathenses
<lb n="6" />
pub
<supplied reason="lost" >
l
</supplied>
ice
<lb n="7" />
patrono
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

1, Perhaps P(ublio) Alfio

3, Perhaps u(iro) c(larissimo) cu(ratori).

Translation:

To Publius [?Alfius] Maximus Numerius Avitus son of Publius, of the Roman voting tribe Galeria, excellent man (i.e. roman Senator) curator, most remarkable; the people of Sabratha publicly to a patron [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

See PIR A 530, 531, 534 and 535 for the family to which this man seems to belong.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 778 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 778 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)

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