518. Fragmentary ?honours

Description:
Upper part of a moulded base of marble (w: 0.89 x h: 0.82 x d: 0.88).  
Text:
Inscribed on the front and back faces: see also 736. On the front inscribed within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.36). 
Letters:
Second to third century capitals: l. 1, 0.07; remainder, 0.06. 
Date:
Second to third centuries (lettering).  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Basilica Vetus. 
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) [ - - - ]io
Au[·· c. 7··]RIS
ẠṾ[·· 4··]O
[leg(ato) Au]g(usti) lẹ[gionis ·· ? ··]
5[---]
M[ - - - ]IO
AV[·· c. 7··]RIS
··[·· 4··]O
[·······]GL·[········· ? ··]
5[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
io
<lb n="2" />
Au
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<orig >
ris
</orig>
<lb n="3" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
av
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
<orig >
o
</orig>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Au
</supplied>
g
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
l
<unclear reason="damage" >
e
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
gionis
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

Translation:

To Marcus [·· c. 4 ··]ius Au[·· c. 7 ··]ris [·· ? ·· legate] of the emperor in command of legion [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.29)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.29)

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