113. Honours for Numerius Avitus
- 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)
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:
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