542. Honours for L. Silius Amicus Haterianus

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.69 x h: 1.19 x d: 0.70) of coarse pitted grey limestone.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded border (die, w: 0.31 x h: 0.67) traces of burning.  
Letters:
Rustic capitals, probably third century A.D.: 0.055-0.07. 
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Decumanus maximus; Regio I, beside the main road, immediately West of the Severan Arch.  
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) 
L(ucio) Silio
Amico
Ạ Hateriano
c(larissimo) u(iro)
5curatori
patrono
Oeenses publ(ice)
LSILIO
AMICO
·HATERIANO
CV
5CVRATORI
PATRONO
OEENSESPVBL
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucio
</ex>
</expan>
Silio
<lb n="2" />
Amico
<lb n="3" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
A
</unclear>
Hateriano
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iro
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
curatori
<lb n="6" />
patrono
<lb n="7" />
Oeenses
<expan>
<abbr>
publ
</abbr>
<ex>
ice
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

3, A: This letter may be a first attempt at the H of Haterianus abandoned owing to the excessive irregularity of the stone.

Translation:

To Lucius Silius Amicus A(?ulus) Haterianus, of senatorial status, curator, patron; the people of Oea (set this up) publicly.

Commentary:

ll. 1-3. L. Silius Amicus Haterianus. See also 635, ll. 4-6.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XVII.29)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XVII.29)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 840)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 840)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 915)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 915)

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