124. Honours for C. Flavius Pudens

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.55 x h: 0.87 x d: 0.54) of coarse grey limestone, with moulded panels on three sides, uniform with 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125. 
Text:
Inscribed on the front (die, w: 0.29 x h: 0.59). 
Letters:
Local second to third century capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.045-0.05. 
Date:
Second to third centuries (lettering)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Basilica, standing opposite 121. 
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 fl(amini) per(petuo)
curia Nep-
5tunị
ob merita
CFLQFIL
PAPPVDEN
TIFLPER
CVRIANEP
5TVN·
OBMERITA
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C
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aio
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Fl
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<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Pap
</abbr>
<ex>
iria tribu
</ex>
</expan>
Puden
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ti
<expan>
<abbr>
fl
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amini
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</expan>
<expan>
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per
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<ex>
petuo
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</expan>
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curia
Nep
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tun
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i
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<lb n="6" />
ob
merita
</ab>

Translation:

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

Commentary:

ll. 1-3. Caius Flauius Pudens. Also in 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.IV.29)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.IV.29)

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