528. Honours for a proconsul

Description:
Block (w: 1.29 x h: 0.51 x d: 0.51) of fine-grained grey limestone.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face; apparently uniform with 527. 
Letters:
Irregular capitals: from top of block: l. 1, 0.03-0.115; l. 2, 0.15-0.23; l. 3, 0.265-0.325; l. 4, 0.35-0.40; l. 5, 0.42-0.465; to bottom, 0.51. 
Date:
After A.D. 81, before A.D. 94 (titulature, prosopography)  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, near the Baptistry.  
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) 
[---]
2[proco(n)s(uli) prouin]ciaeAfricae
[·· c. 25·· VII]uir(o) epul(onum) fetiali praefec(to)
[auxiliorum omnium aduersus Germa]nos qui cum esset candidat(us)
5[Caesar(is) pr(aetor) des(ignatus) missus est ab Imp(eratore) Vespasian]o Aug(usto) leg(ato) pro pr(aetore) exercit(us) qui est
[in Africa ·· c. 10·· donato ab] [Im]p(eratore) Vespasiano Aug(usto) et T(ito) Aug(usti) f(ilio)
[---]
[---]
2[·············]CIAEAFRICAE
[·· c. 25······]VIREPVLFETIALIPRAEFEC
[·················]NOSQVICVMESSETCANDIDAT
5[·····················]OAVGLEGPROPREXERCITQVIEST
[····· c. 10·········][···]PVESPASIANOAVGETTAVGF
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
proco
</abbr>
<ex>
n
</ex>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
uli
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
prouin
</supplied>
ciae
Africae
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="25" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<num value="7" >
VII
</num>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
uir
</abbr>
<ex>
o
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
epul
</abbr>
<ex>
onum
</ex>
</expan>
fetiali
<expan>
<abbr>
praefec
</abbr>
<ex>
to
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
auxiliorum
omnium
aduersus
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Germa
</supplied>
nos
qui
cum
esset
<expan>
<abbr>
candidat
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Caesar
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
aetor
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
des
</abbr>
<ex>
ignatus
</ex>
</expan>
missus
est
ab
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Vespasian
</supplied>
o
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ato
</ex>
</expan>
pro
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<ex>
aetore
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
exercit
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
qui
est
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
in
Africa
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
donato
ab
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Im
</supplied>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
eratore
</ex>
</expan>
Vespasiano
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
et
<expan>
<abbr>
T
</abbr>
<ex>
ito
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilio
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

1, An upper course is missing.

Translation:

To [·· ? ·· proconsul] of the province of Africa, [·· ? ··] member of the committee of [seven] in charge of feasts and of the committee of priests concerned with treaties, prefect [of all the auxiliary troops assembled against] the Germans, who, when he was Caesar's candidate and designated praetor, was sent by Emperor Vespasian Augustus to be legate with praetorian powers of the army which is [in Africa ·· c. 10 ·· , awarded by] Emperor Vespasian Augustus and Titus son of Augustus [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 2. VIIuir epulonum: Probably Cn. Domitius Tullus, cos. suff. unattested, procos. Africae not long before 94: PIR (2) D 167.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XIV.21)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XIV.21)

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