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568. Honours for T. Flavius Vibianus

Description:: The left-hand face of 630. Moulded marble base (w: 0.92 x h: 1.52 x d: 0.95).
Text:: Inscribed within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.36 x h: 0.58). The first word is cut above the die and the last two lines below it.
Letters:: Fourth century A.D. capitals: l. 1, 0.055; remainder, 0.04-0.055.
Date:: Fourth century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:: Lepcis Magna: Punic Market, in the entrance from the Main Street.
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)

Heraclii
Ob augmenta mul-
torum meritorum
adque eximi amoris
5erga patriam ad-
que ciues suos
T(ito) Flauio Vibiano
u(iro) p(erfectissimo) pont(ifici) fl(amini) p(er)p(etuo) sac(erdoti)
Laurent(i)um Lab(i)n(a)t(ium)
10sac(erdoti) M(atris) D(eum) praef(ecto) omni-
um sacr(orum) duouir(o) sac(erdoti) prou(inciae) Tr(ipolitanae)
etiam hic ex sufragio populi
et decreto spl(endidissimi) ordin(is)

HERACLII
OBAVGMENTAMVL
TORVMMERITORVM
ADQVEEXIMIAMORIS
5ERGAPATRIAMAD
QVECIVESSVOS
TFLAVIOVIBIANO
VPPONTFLPPSAC
LAVRENTVMLABNT
10SACMDPRAEFOMNI
VMSACRDVOVIRSACPROVTR
ETIAMHICEXSVFRAGIOPOPVLI
ETDECRETOSPLORDIN

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Heraclii

augmenta

mul

torum

meritorum

adque

eximi

amoris

erga

patriam

que

ciues

suos

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ito

</ex>

</expan>

Flauio

Vibiano

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

iro

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

erfectissimo

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

pont

</abbr>

<ex>

ifici

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

amini

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

etuo

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

sac

</abbr>

<ex>

erdoti

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Laurent

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Lab

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ium

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

sac

</abbr>

<ex>

erdoti

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

atris

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

eum

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

praef

</abbr>

<ex>

ecto

</ex>

</expan>

omni

<expan>

<abbr>

sacr

</abbr>

<ex>

orum

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

duouir

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

sac

</abbr>

<ex>

erdoti

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

prou

</abbr>

<ex>

inciae

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ipolitanae

</ex>

</expan>

etiam

hic

sufragio

populi

decreto

<expan>

<abbr>

spl

</abbr>

<ex>

endidissimi

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

ordin

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

</ab>

12, sufragio: sic

Translation:

(In honour) of Heraclius. On account of the increasing value of the many public services and of the outstanding love he feels for his country and his fellow-citizens, to Titus Flavius Vibianus, excellent man (of equestrian status), pontifex (priest), perpetual flamen (priest), priet of the Laurentes of Lavinas, priest of the Mother of the Gods, prefect of all sacred matters, duovir, priest of the province of Tripolitania, (this was set up) here too in accordance with a vote of the people and a decree of the most splendid city council.