647. Honours for Q. Marcius Pudens

Description:
The upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.25 x h: 0.465 x d: 0.02; height incomplete).  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Late second to third century A.D. capitals: 0.09-0.05. 
Date:
Late second to third century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre.  
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) 
Q(uinto) Marcio Pudenti
iuris perito
patri optimo
Q(uintus) Marcius Pudens
5ex decreto
[ordinis]
QMARCIOPVDENTI
IVRISPERITO
PATRIOPTIMO
QMARCIVSPVDENS
5EXDECRETO
[········]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinto
</ex>
</expan>
Marcio
Pudenti
<lb n="2" />
iuris
perito
<lb n="3" />
patri
optimo
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uintus
</ex>
</expan>
Marcius
Pudens
<lb n="5" />
ex
decreto
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ordinis
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

To Quintus Marcius Pudens, lawyer, an excellent father; Quintus Marcius Pudens, in accordance witha decree of the city [council].

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 116 bis)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 116 bis)

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