560. Fragmentary ?honours

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.70 x h: 1.55 x d: 0.50) of grey limestone, much worn or deliberately erased.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die, w: 0.55 x h: 0.95). 
Letters:
Capitals:0.06. 
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the South East Portico of the Curia.  
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) 
〚·· ? ··
ṇo Casto
tr(ibuno) mil(itum) leg(ionis) III Aug(ustae)
ciues b·· c. 7·· VI
5Lepcit[ani ·· ? ··]〛
〚·· ? ··
·OCASTO
TRMILLEGIIIAVG
CIVESB·· c. 7··VI
5LEPCIT[······ ? ··]〛
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<del>
<gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
n
</unclear>
o
Casto
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
tr
</abbr>
<ex>
ibuno
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
mil
</abbr>
<ex>
itum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="3" >
III
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustae
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
ciues
b
<gap reason="illegible" extent="7" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<num value="6" >
VI
</num>
<lb n="5" />
Lepcit
<supplied reason="lost" >
ani
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</del>
</ab>

Translation:

To (erased name)[·· ? ··]nus Castus, military tribune in Legion III Augusta; the citizens [·· c. 10 ··] the Lepcitanians [·· ? ··] (all erased)

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XIV.29)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XIV.29)

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