608. Fragmentary ?honours

Description:
Fragments of a moulded marble base. 
Text:
Inscribed within a recessed panel. a) Above the die. b) On the die (l. 1, truncated). c) Fragment of the remainder (w: 0.30 x h: 0.27 x d: 0.08).  
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. lettering: l. 1, 0.05; remainder, 0.035 approx. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Punic Market, South side. 
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) 
a
Amelii
b
[·· ? ··]OỊNT[·]INTERVSỊẸR[·]ATISPRINCIPIO[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]R[ - - - a]etate [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]nito patri re[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· in]nocentiae coị[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] Vibio Annia[no ·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ··] [p]ont(ifici) praef(ecto) o[·· ? ··]
a
AMELII
b
[·· ? ··]O·NT[·]INTERVS··R[·]ATISPRINCIPIO[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]R[ - - - ··]ETATE[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]NITOPATRIRE[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·····]NOCENTIAECO·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VIBIOANNIA[····· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··][··]ONTPRAEFO[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Amelii
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
o
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
nt
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig >
interus
<unclear reason="" >
ie
</unclear>
r
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig >
atis
</orig>
<orig >
principio
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
r
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" extentmax="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
etate
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
nito
patri
re
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
in
</supplied>
nocentiae
co
<unclear reason="" >
i
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
Vibio
Annia
<supplied reason="lost" >
no
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
p
</supplied>
ont
</abbr>
<ex>
ifici
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
praef
</abbr>
<ex>
ecto
</ex>
</expan>
o
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

5, Perhaps praef(ecto) omnium sacrorum..., see 567, l. 11.

Translation:

(a) (In honour) of Aemilius.

(b) Not usefully translatable.

c.[·· ? ··] ? in the age [·· ? ··] to the father [·· ? ··] of (or to) innocence [·· ? ··] to (or by) Vibius Annianus [·· ? ··] pontifex (priest), prefect [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 4. Vibius Annianus. Also in 578.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIV.24)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXIV.24)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 384 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 384 Lastre)

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