Description:
Marble panel (w: 3.16 x h: 0.70). There are indications of a similar panel adjoining at the extreme left margin. 
Text:
Inscribed within a narrow moulded border. 
Letters:
Second to third centuries A.D. capitals: l. 1 (lapidary), 0.065; remainder (lapidary with some mannered forms), 0.045-0.05. Traces of red paint. 
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults, see 1, note 1. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Bartoccini, Rivista della Tripolitania (Rivista a cura dell'Ufficio di Colonizzazione del Governo della Tripolitania), 2 vols., Roma, 1924-5; a third vol., under the title Libya, published for the Ministero delle Colonie, was issued in 1927 I:292 ff.; L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.) 1925:103. 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) 
C(aio) Flauio Q(uinti) fil(io) Pap(iria tribu) Pudenti flam(ini) Liberi Patris IIuiro flam(ini) perpetuo cuius pater Fl(auius) Tullus post
multas liberalitates per quas patriam suam exornauit aquam priuata pecunia induxit item lacus n(umero) XII exstru-
xit eosdemque crustis et statuis marmoreis excoluit praeterea (sestertios) CC mil(ia) num(mum) ad tutelam eiusdem
aquae rei publ(icae) promisit et intulit quod ipse quoque Pudens super numerosam munificentiam quam in
5ciues suos contulit etiam muneris gladiatori spectaculum primus in patria sua per dies quinq(ue)
splendidissimum ediderit ordo Sabrathensium populo postulante quadrigam ei de publico ponend(am) censuit
Fl(auius) Pudens honore contentus sua pecunia posuit
CFLAVIOQFILPAPPVDENTIFLAMLIBERIPATRISIIVIROFLAMPERPETVOCVIVSPATERFLTVLLVSPOST
MVLTASLIBERALITATESPERQVASPATRIAMSVAMEXORNAVITAQVAMPRIVATAPECVNIAINDVXITITEMLACVSNXIIEXSTRV
XITEOSDEMQVECRVSTISETSTATVISMARMOREISEXCOLVITPRAETEREA sestertius CCMILNVMADTVTELAMEIVSDEM
AQVAEREIPVBLPROMISITETINTVLITQVODIPSEQVOQVEPVDENSSVPERNVMEROSAMMVNIFICENTIAMQVAMIN
5CIVESSVOSCONTVLITETIAMMVNERISGLADIATORISPECTACVLVMPRIMVSINPATRIASVAPERDIESQVINQ
SPLENDIDISSIMVMEDIDERITORDOSABRATHENSIVMPOPVLOPOSTVLANTEQVADRIGAMEIDEPVBLICOPONENDCENSVIT
FLPVDENSHONORECONTENTVSSVAPECVNIAPOSVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aio
</ex>
</expan>
Flauio
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Pap
</abbr>
<ex>
iria tribu
</ex>
</expan>
Pudenti
<expan>
<abbr>
flam
</abbr>
<ex>
ini
</ex>
</expan>
Liberi
Patris
<num >
II
</num>
uiro
<expan>
<abbr>
flam
</abbr>
<ex>
ini
</ex>
</expan>
perpetuo
cuius
pater
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auius
</ex>
</expan>
Tullus
post
<lb n="2" />
multas
liberalitates
per
quas
patriam
suam
exornauit
aquam
priuata
pecunia
induxit
item
lacus
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
umero
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="12" >
XII
</num>
exstru
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
xit
eosdemque
crustis
et
statuis
marmoreis
excoluit
praeterea
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<g type="sestertius" > </g>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
sestertios
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="200" >
CC
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
mil
</abbr>
<ex>
ia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
num
</abbr>
<ex>
mum
</ex>
</expan>
ad
tutelam
eiusdem
<lb n="4" />
aquae
rei
<expan>
<abbr>
publ
</abbr>
<ex>
icae
</ex>
</expan>
promisit
et
intulit
quod
ipse
quoque
Pudens
super
numerosam
munificentiam
quam
in
<lb n="5" />
ciues
suos
contulit
etiam
muneris
gladiatori
spectaculum
primus
in
patria
sua
per
dies
<expan>
<abbr>
quinq
</abbr>
<ex>
ue
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
splendidissimum
ediderit
ordo
Sabrathensium
populo
postulante
quadrigam
ei
de
publico
<expan>
<abbr>
ponend
</abbr>
<ex>
am
</ex>
</expan>
censuit
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auius
</ex>
</expan>
Pudens
honore
contentus
sua
pecunia
posuit
</ab>

Translation:

To Caius Flavius Pudens, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, flamen (priest) of Liber Pater, duovir, perpetual flamen (priest), whose father, Flavius Tullus, in addition to the many liberal gifts by which he adorned his country, brought in a water supply at his own expense, also constructed twelve pools and ornamented them with stucco (or mosaic) and marble statues, moreover promised the republic 200,000 sesterces for the upkeep of this same aqueduct and paid them; moreover, because Pudens himself, in addition to the numerous munificent gifts which he made to his fellow-citizens, was also the first in his country to give an outstanding gladiatorial show lasting for five days. The city council of the Sabrathans, on popular demand, decided that a quadriga should be erected (to him) at public expense. Flavius Pudens, satisfied with the honour, set it up at his own expense.

Commentary:

l. 1. C. Flavius Pudens. Also in 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 220)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 220)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr CS 274 bis)

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