WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0124. Honours for C. Flavius Pudens

Description: Rectangular base (w: 0.55 x h: 0.87 x d: 0.54) of coarse grey limestone, with moulded panels on three sides, uniform with 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125.
Text: Inscribed on the front (die, w: 0.29 x h: 0.59).
Letters: Local second to third century capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.045-0.05.

Date: Second to third centuries (lettering)

Findspot: Sabratha: Regio I, Basilica, standing opposite 121.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

C(aio) Fl(auio) Q(uinti) fil(io)
Pap(iria tribu) Puden-
ti fl(amini) per(petuo)
curia Nep-
5tunị
ob merita

Diplomatic

CFLQFIL
PAPPUDEN
TIFLPER
CURIANEP
5TUN.
OBMERITA

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To Caius Flavius Pudens, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, perpetual flamen (scil. priest), the Curia Neptuni, on account of his merits.

Commentary

Line 1-3. Caius Flauius Pudens Also in 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125.

Bibliography: Mentioned Bartoccini, 1950 47, 58, whence mentioned AE 1950.152a; IRT, 1952, 124, whence IRT, 2009, 124, whence EDH 021922; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.IV.29)