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561. Honours for L. Domitius Iustus Aemilianus

Description:: Moulded base of marble (w: 0.65 x h: 1.25 x d: 0.65).
Text:: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.52) from which a previous text has been erased; the first word is cut above the die between formal sprays. On the right-hand face is a second text, 588, which is probably later; on the left-hand face a rosette in relief.
Letters:: Late form of Rustic capitals: l. 1, 0.05; remainder, 0.03-0.04.
Date:: Third to fourth century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:: Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum, East Portico.
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)

Consentii
L(ucio) Domitio Iusto
Aemiliano eq(uiti) R(omano)
u(iro) p(erfectissimo) curatori
5rei publicae ob
eximium amorem
in patriam et
ciues ex decreto
ordinis et suffra-
10giis populi ciui ka-
rissimo Lep(citani) publice {S}

CONSENTII
LDOMITIOIVSTO
AEMILIANOEQR
VPCVRATORI
5REIPVBLICAEOB
EXIMIVMAMOREM
INPATRIAMET
CIVESEXDECRETO
ORDINISETSVFFRA
10GIISPOPVLICIVIKA
RISSIMOLEPPVBLICE{S}

<ab>

Consentii

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ucio

</ex>

</expan>

Domitio

Iusto

Aemiliano

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uiti

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

omano

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

iro

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

erfectissimo

</ex>

</expan>

curatori

rei

publicae

eximium

amorem

patriam

ciues

decreto

ordinis

suffra

giis

populi

ciui

rissimo

<expan>

<abbr>

Lep

</abbr>

<ex>

citani

</ex>

</expan>

publice

<sic >

<orig >

</orig>

</sic>

</ab>

11, publice<s>: The S is cut on the moulding, between lines 10 and 11, and perhaps belongs to the earlier, erased text.

Translation:

(In honour) of Consentius. To Lucius Domitius Justus Aemilianus, Roman Knight, excellent man (of equestrian status), curator of the republic, on account of his outstanding love for his country and fellow-citizens, in accordance with a decree of the city council and the votes of the people, the Lepcitanians set (this) up publicly to a very dear citizen.