598. Honours for Ti. Iulius Frontinus

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.65 x h: 1.34 x d: 0.62) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face.  
Letters:
ll. 1-8, capitals with some Rustic forms, 0.06-0.08; ll. 9-10, Rustic capitals, 0.04. 
Date:
After A.D. 14 (deification of Augustus) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the South East portico of the Curia precinct. 
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) 
Ti(berio) Iulio Papir(ia tribu)
Frontino
flam(ini) diui Aug(usti)
uniuer[s]us ordo
5Col(oniae) Lepcis Magn(ae)
merenti statuam
decreuit
Ti(berius) Iulius Ti(beri) f(ilius) Fronto
honore contentus indulgen-
10tissimo [p]atri de suo posuit
TIIVLIOPAPIR
FRONTINO
FLAMDIVIAVG
VNIVER[··]VSORDO
5COLLEPCISMAGN
MERENTISTATVAM
DECREVIT
TIIVLIVSTIFFRONTO
HONORECONTENTVSINDVLGEN
10TISSIMO[··]ATRIDESVOPOSVIT
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Ti
</abbr>
<ex>
berio
</ex>
</expan>
Iulio
<expan>
<abbr>
Papir
</abbr>
<ex>
ia tribu
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
Frontino
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
flam
</abbr>
<ex>
ini
</ex>
</expan>
diui
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
usti
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
uniuer
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
us
ordo
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Col
</abbr>
<ex>
oniae
</ex>
</expan>
Lepcis
<expan>
<abbr>
Magn
</abbr>
<ex>
ae
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="6" />
merenti
statuam
<lb n="7" />
decreuit
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Ti
</abbr>
<ex>
berius
</ex>
</expan>
Iulius
<expan>
<abbr>
Ti
</abbr>
<ex>
beri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
Fronto
<lb n="9" />
honore
contentus
indulgen
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
tissimo
<supplied reason="lost" >
p
</supplied>
atri
de
suo
posuit
</ab>

Translation:

To Tiberius Julius Frontinus, of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, flamen (priest) of the deified Augustus, the whole city council of the colony of Lepcis Magna decreed the statue to a deserving man; Tiberius Julius Fronto, son of Tiberius, satisfied by the honour, set it up at his own expense to a most indulgent father.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 943)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 943)

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