558. Fragmentary honours

Description:
The reverse face of 559 - the upper part of a rectangular base (w: 0.46 x h: 0.40 x d: 0.43, height incomplete) of white marble once inscribed on all four sides. Two sides subsequently erased. 
Text:
Inscribed within a recessed panel (die, w: 0.42 x h: 0.42, height incomplete). 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D.: 0.03. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering.)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, in the second taberna north of the entrance to the Basilica.  
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) 
[---]
2[c(larissimo)] u(iro) ag(enti) uic(es) praef(ectorum) praet(orio) per
Africanas prouincias
Lepcimagnensis ordo et po-
5pulus ut incomparabilium be-
neficiorum eius memoria eti-
am ad posteros mitteretur
praeter kospitalem tesseram
etiam statuam marmoream
10constituendam esse duxerunt ut
seruati moderatione iudicior(um) eiq(ue)
ac multis tempestat[ibus ·· c. 13··]
tori[·· ? ··]
[---]
2[··]VAGVICPRAEFPRAETPER
AFRICANASPROVINCIAS
LEPCIMAGNENSISORDOETPO
5PVLVSVTINCOMPARABILIVMBE
NEFICIORVMEIVSMEMORIAETI
AMADPOSTEROSMITTERETVR
PRAETERKOSPITALEMTESSERAM
ETIAMSTATVAMMARMOREAM
10CONSTITVENDAMESSEDVXERVNTVT
SERVATIMODERATIONEIVDICIOREIQ
ACMVLTISTEMPESTAT[······· c. 13··]
TORI[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimo
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iro
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
ag
</abbr>
<ex>
enti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
uic
</abbr>
<ex>
es
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
praef
</abbr>
<ex>
ectorum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
praet
</abbr>
<ex>
orio
</ex>
</expan>
per
<lb n="3" />
Africanas
prouincias
<lb n="4" />
Lepcimagnensis
ordo
et
po
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
pulus
ut
incomparabilium
be
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
neficiorum
eius
memoria
eti
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
am
ad
posteros
mitteretur
<lb n="8" />
praeter
kospitalem
tesseram
<lb n="9" />
etiam
statuam
marmoream
<lb n="10" />
constituendam
esse
duxerunt
ut
<lb n="11" />
seruati
moderatione
<expan>
<abbr>
iudicior
</abbr>
<ex>
um
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
eiq
</abbr>
<ex>
ue
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="12" />
ac
multis
tempestat
<supplied reason="lost" >
ibus
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="13" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<lb n="13" />
tori
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

1, One or two lines missing.

7, kospitalem: sic.

Translation:

[To·· ? ··of senatorial] status, deputy for the praetorian prefects in the African provinces; the city council of Lepcis Magna and the people, in order that the memory of his unexampled benefactions should be transmitted also to our descendants, decided that, in addition to (giving him) a token of guest-friendship, a marble statue should also be set up so that, having been saved by the moderation of his judgments, and [?being in debt] to him and in many troubles [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 939)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 939)

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