544. Honours for L. Volusius Bassus Cerealis
- Description:
- Moulded base (w: 0.68 x h: 1.22 x d: 0.55) of cream marble, with trophies carved in relief on the two side faces.
- Text:
- Re-inscribed on the front within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.34 x h: 0.56) from which a previous inscription has been erased. There is an ivy leaf at the end of l. 6.
- Letters:
- Late third to fourth centuries lettering: 0.03-0.045.
- Date:
- Late third to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Severan Basilica, in the East passage.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- A. Degrassi, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950, III 1954 This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952; including revisions from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ucio
</ex>
Volusio
Basso
Cereali
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
larissimo
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
iro
</ex>
legato
totius
<lb
n="3"
/>
innocentiae
et
<lb
n="4"
/>
aequitatis
et
consi
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
milis
moderatio
<lb
n="6"
type="worddiv"
/>
nis
uiro
<lb
n="7"
/>
Lepcimagnenses
ex
de
<lb
n="8"
type="worddiv"
/>
creto
ordinis
mu
<lb
n="9"
type="worddiv"
/>
nicipi
et
patrono
perpetuo
8-9, municip(i) et, Degrassi: this is acceptable: on the stone E is clear, T less so.
Translation:
To Lucius Volusius Bassus Carealis ,splendid man (of senatorial status), legate, a man of complete innocence and equity and equally of moderation; the people of Lepcis Magna, in accordance with a decree of the council of the municipality, (set this up) and to (their) permanent patron .
Commentary:
l. 1. L. Volusius Bassus Cerealis. Also in 543, ll. 1-10. For other members of the same family see 579.
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