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565. Honours for Flavius Nepotianus

Description:: Moulded base of marble (w: 0.62 x h: 1.53 x d: 1.70).
Text:: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.31 x h: 0.80); ll. 1-2 are cut above the die; there are formal sprays at either end of l. 1 and at the end of l. 25.
Letters:: Fourth century A.D. capitals: l. 1, 0.05; remainder, 0.03-0.035.
Date:: Fourth century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:: Lepcis Magna: Severan Basilica, West colonnade at the south end.
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. J.H. Oliver, American Journal of Philology 1955 LXXVI:100. 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)

Nepotianii
Fl(auio) Nepotiano u(iro) p(erfectissimo) com(iti) et praesidi prouin(ciae) Trip(olitanae)
iustitia et integritati prae-
cipuo moderatione ac benigni-
5tatẹ praestantissimo abstinen-
tiae et honestatis officiorumq(ue)
omnium cultori rei etiam mili-
taris peritissimo armis consi-
li(i)sq(ue) incomparabili quod idem
10ordines uniuersosq(ue) prouin-
ciales iuridicendo f̣ide bene-
uolentia multis beneficiis
cumụḷạuerit quod barbaro-
rum insolentiam exercitio
15scientiae militaris adtriberit
quod limitis defensionem tui-
tionemq(ue) perpetuam futuris etia(m)
temporibus munitam securamq(ue)
ab omni hostile incursione prae-
20stiterit quod ciuitatum moenia ope-
rum instauratione uel nouitate de-
corauerit ordo ciuitatis Lepcimag(nensis)
cum populo statuam marmoream
ob haec merita decretis et sufragiis
25concinnentibus conlocauit

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OMNIVMCVLTORIREIETIAMMILI
TARISPERITISSIMOARMISCONSI
LISQINCOMPARABILIQVODIDEM
10ORDINESVNIVERSOSQPROVIN
CIALESIVRIDICENDO·IDEBENE
VOLENTIAMVLTISBENEFICIIS
CVM···VERITQVODBARBARO
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TIONEMQPERPETVAMFVTVRISETIA
TEMPORIBVSMVNITAMSECVRAMQ
ABOMNIHOSTILEINCVRSIONEPRAE
20STITERITQVODCIVITATVMMOENIAOPE
RVMINSTAVRATIONEVELNOVITATEDE
CORAVERITORDOCIVITATISLEPCIMAG
CVMPOPVLOSTATVAMMARMOREAM
OBHAECMERITADECRETISETSVFRAGIIS
25CONCINNENTIBVSCONLOCAVIT

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Nepotianii

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auio

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Nepotiano

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iro

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erfectissimo

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com

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iti

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praesidi

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prouin

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ciae

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Trip

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olitanae

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iustitia

integritati

prae

cipuo

moderatione

benigni

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praestantissimo

abstinen

tiae

honestatis

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officiorumq

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omnium

cultori

rei

etiam

mili

taris

peritissimo

armis

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consi

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incomparabili

quod

idem

ordines

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uniuersosq

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prouin

ciales

iuridicendo

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ide

bene

uolentia

multis

beneficiis

cum

ula

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uerit

quod

barbaro

rum

insolentiam

exercitio

scientiae

militaris

adtriberit

quod

limitis

defensionem

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tui

tionemq

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perpetuam

futuris

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etia

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temporibus

munitam

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securamq

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</ex>

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omni

hostile

incursione

prae

stiterit

quod

ciuitatum

moenia

ope

rum

instauratione

uel

nouitate

corauerit

ordo

ciuitatis

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Lepcimag

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nensis

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cum

populo

statuam

marmoream

haec

merita

decretis

sufragiis

concinnentibus

conlocauit

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3, sic

12, ...(a)uitis beneficiis, Degrassi; benevolentia multis beneficiis cumulauerit., Oliver: Professor Oliver's proposal is certainly the correct one.

24, sufragiis: sic.

Translation:

(In honour) of Flavius Nepotianus. To Flavius Nepotianus excellent man (of equestrian status), count and governor of the province of Tripolitania, in justice and integrity an outstanding man, in good guidance and benevolence exceptional, concerned for benevolence and honourable feeling and all public duties, very knowledgeable also in military science, experienced in arms and councils of war; because he provided with benevolence many benefits to councils and to all inhabitants of the province by dispensing justice with good faith; because he wore down the arrogance of the barbarians by the exercise of military skill; because he provided permanent defense and protection of the frontier even for the future times and secure against every hostile invader; because he adorned the walls of the cities by renewal of works or new building; the council of the city of Lepcis Magna, with the people, put up a marble statue on account of these merits, with decrees and votes (all) in accord.