Description:
Balustrade of grey limestone. See also 587.  
Text:
Inscribed on the front face within a recessed panel (die w: 0.50 x h: 0.89).  
Letters:
Irregular capitals with some Rustic forms: ll. 1-2, 0.07; ll. 3-4, 0.04; l. 5, 0.045; ll. 6-8, 0.05; ll. 9-10, 0.055; l.11, 0.08. 
Date:
After A.D. 185 (prosopography)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Curia: flanking the steps to the in the Forum Vetus, North West side. 
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) 
M(arco) Atilio Metilio
Bra[d]uae Cauci-
[dio Tertullo Claudio At]tico
[Vibu]llio P̣ollịọṇ[i] Gauidio
5[L]atiari Atrio Basso
proco(n)s(uli)
D(ecimus) Iunius Crescens
D(ecimus) Iunius Galba
Q(uintus) Calpurnius Capito
10L(ucius) Plautius Octauian[us]
patrono
MATILIOMETILIO
BRA[··]VAECAVCI
[························]TICO
[·····]LLIO·OLL···[··]GAVIDIO
5[··]ATIARIATRIOBASSO
PROCOS
DIVNIVSCRESCENS
DIVNIVSGALBA
QCALPVRNIVSCAPITO
10LPLAVTIVSOCTAVIAN[···]
PATRONO
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
Atilio
Metilio
<lb n="2" />
Bra
<supplied reason="lost" >
d
</supplied>
uae
Cauci
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
dio
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Tertullo
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Claudio
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
At
</supplied>
tico
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Vibu
</supplied>
llio
<unclear reason="damage" >
P
</unclear>
oll
<unclear reason="damage" >
ion
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
Gauidio
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
L
</supplied>
atiari
Atrio
Basso
<lb n="6" />
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
ecimus
</ex>
</expan>
Iunius
Crescens
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
ecimus
</ex>
</expan>
Iunius
Galba
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uintus
</ex>
</expan>
Calpurnius
Capito
<lb n="10" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucius
</ex>
</expan>
Plautius
Octauian
<supplied reason="lost" >
us
</supplied>
<lb n="11" />
patrono
</ab>

Translation:

To Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua Caucidius Tertullus Claudius Atticus Vibullius Pollio Gauidius Latiaris Atrius Bassus, proconsul; Decimus Junius Crescens, Decimus Junius Galba, Quintus Calpurnius Capito, Lucius Plautius Octavianus to their patron.

Commentary:

l.5: Probably Ti. Cl. M. Appius Atilius Bradua Regillus Atticus, cos. 185, PIR(2) C 785. Not previously known to have been procos. Africae.

ll. 8. D. Iunius Galba perhaps also attested in 534.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 917)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 917)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.XIV.3)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 46.XIV.3)

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