634. Testamentary honours for Aurellia Sextilla

Description:
Rectangular marble base (w: 0.53 x h: 0.87 x d: 0.52) with moulded panels on three faces; front, much damaged. 
Text:
Inscribed (die, w: 0.34 x h: 0.70).  
Letters:
Second to third centuries A.D. capitals: 0.04.  
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the South East Portico of the Curia. Uniform with 632. 
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) 
Aurelliae Se[x]-
tillae
[Q(uintus)] Plautius Ha-
[terianu]s ex tes-
5[tament]o Ti(beri) Plau-
ti Lupi frat[ris]
sui uxor[i·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] perm[is]-
su [s]plendi-
10dissimi or-
dini[s] po-
[suit]
AVRELLIAESE[··]
TILLAE
[··]PLAVTIVSHA
[········]SEXTES
5[·······]OTIPLAV
TILVPIFRAT[····]
SVIVXOR[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]PERM[···]
SV[··]PLENDI
10DISSIMIOR
DINI[··]PO
[·····]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Aurelliae
Se
<supplied reason="lost" >
x
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
tillae
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uintus
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
Plautius
Ha
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
terianu
</supplied>
s
ex
tes
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
tament
</supplied>
o
<expan>
<abbr>
Ti
</abbr>
<ex>
beri
</ex>
</expan>
Plau
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
ti
Lupi
frat
<supplied reason="lost" >
ris
</supplied>
<lb n="7" />
sui
uxor
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
perm
<supplied reason="lost" >
is
</supplied>
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
su
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
plendi
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
dissimi
or
<lb n="11" type="worddiv" />
dini
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
po
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
suit
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

To Aurellia Sextilla. Quintus Plautius Haterianus erected (this) in accordance with the will of Tiberius Plautius Lupus, his brother, to [?his] wife; with permission of the most splendid city council.

Commentary:

l. 6. Ti(berius) Plautius Lupus. See also 632, n. 1.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 938)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 938)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XIV.28)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.XIV.28)

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