643. Honours for C. Hostilius Barea

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 1.405 x h: 0.53 x d: 0.52) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face.  
Letters:
Second century A.D. capitals with Rustic forms. 0.08-0.075. 
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre, built into one of the late piers of the West dressing-room.  
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) 
C(aio) Hostilio Bareae
C(aius) Hostilius Flaccus pater filio
piissimo ex decreto ordinis s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit)
CHOSTILIOBAREAE
CHOSTILIVSFLACCVSPATERFILIO
PIISSIMOEXDECRETOORDINISSPP
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aio
</ex>
</expan>
Hostilio
Bareae
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aius
</ex>
</expan>
Hostilius
Flaccus
pater
filio
<lb n="3" />
piissimo
ex
decreto
ordinis
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
ua
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ecunia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
osuit
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

To Caius Hostilius Barea; Caius Hostilius Flaccus, his father, set (this) up at his own expense to a most dutiful son, in accordance with a decree of the city council.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1617 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1617 Leica)

(cc) You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 6 to validate this file.)