128. Fragmentary ?honours

Description:
Fragment from the upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.35 x h: 0.32). 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border. 
Letters:
Second century A.D. lapidary capitals: l. 1, 0.09; ll. 2-3, 0.07. 
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults, see 1, note 1. 
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) 
[·· ? ··] fil(ius) Pa[p(iria tribu) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] [fla]m(en) perpe[tuus ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· IIui]ṛ q(uin)q(uennalis) q[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]FILPA[··············· ? ··]
[·· ? ··][····]MPERPE[······· ? ··]
[·· ? ·····]·QQQ[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
ius
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Pa
<supplied reason="lost" >
p
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
iria tribu
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
fla
</supplied>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
en
</ex>
</expan>
perpe
<supplied reason="lost" >
tuus
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<num >
II
</num>
ui
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
<expan>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uin
</ex>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uennalis
</ex>
</expan>
q
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

1, Or Pa[l](atina).

3, Possibly q(uaestor).

Translation:

[·· ? ··] son [of·· ? ··], of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, [·· ? ··] perpetual flamen (priest), [·· ? ··] duovir in a fifth year [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219 (part))
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 219 (part))

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