118. Honours for C. Flavius Pudens

Description:
Lower part of a rectangular base (w: 0.52 x h: 0.55 x d: 0.57) of coarse grey limestone, with moulded panels on the sides; cut and hollowed out from the left in late antiquity, so as to form a basin. Uniform with 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125. 
Text:
Inscribed on the front (die, w: 0.25 x h: 0.44) 
Letters:
Local second to third centuries A.D. capitals with some Rustic forms: av. 0.045. 
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Forum area, immediately to the N of the precinct of the E Forum Temple. 
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) 
[C(aio) Fl(auio) Q(uinti) fil(io)]
Pap(iria tribu) Puden-
ti flam(ini)
perp(etuo) curi-
5a Au[g]usta
ob m[er]ita
[··]
PAPPVDEN
TIFLAM
PERPCVRI
5AAV[··]VSTA
OBM[···]ITA
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aio
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Pap
</abbr>
<ex>
iria tribu
</ex>
</expan>
Puden
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
ti
<expan>
<abbr>
flam
</abbr>
<ex>
ini
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
perp
</abbr>
<ex>
etuo
</ex>
</expan>
curi
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
a
Au
<supplied reason="lost" >
g
</supplied>
usta
<lb n="6" />
ob
m
<supplied reason="lost" >
er
</supplied>
ita
</ab>

Translation:

[To Caius Flavius] Pudens, [son of Quintus], of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, perpetual flamen (priest), the Curia Augusta, on account of his merits.

Commentary:

ll. 1-3. Caius Flauius Pudens. Also in 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.X.9)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.X.9)

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