646. Testamentary honours for M. Licinius Flaccus Iunior
- Description:
- Rectangular base (w: 0.44 x h: 1.04 x d: 0.52) of compact brown limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.20 x h: 0.61).
- Letters:
- Capitals with some Rustic forms: ll. 1-8, av. 0.04; ll. 9-10, 0.03.
- Date:
- Second century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the exedra at the South East angle.
- 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)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
arco
</ex>
Licinio
<lb
n="2"
/>
Flacco
Iu
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
niori
ex
<lb
n="4"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
testam
</abbr>
<ex>
e
</ex>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
<abbr>
</expan>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
t
</supplied>
o
</abbr>
Licini
<lb
n="6"
/>
Augusta
<lb
n="7"
type="worddiv"
/>
lis
<expan>
<abbr>
Cl
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
audius
</ex>
Clau
<lb
n="8"
type="worddiv"
/>
dianus
<lb
n="9"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
h
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
eres
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
osuit
</ex>
<lb
n="10"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ermissu
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
plendidissimi
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
o
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
rdinis
</ex>
Translation:
To Marcus Licinius Flaccus Iunior; in accordance with the will of Licinius Augustalis, Claudius Claudianus his heir, set (this) up, with permission of the most splendid city-council.
Commentary:
No comment.
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