Description:
Marble
panel reconstructed from fragments (w:
0.51 x h:
0.49), the bottom right- hand corner missing.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century CE capitals, with some Rustic forms: 0.40-0.035.
Date: After CE 79 (deification of Vespasian)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Found in the Forum Vetus, near the
Temple of Liber Pater
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum.
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To the gods of Lepcis Magna, Marcus Vipsanius Clemens, marble-merchant, for the temple of Liber Pater, paid his vow at his own expenses; under the administration of Quintus Servilius Candidus, lover of his country, lover of the citizens, adorner of [his country], flamen (local priest) of the deified Vespasian [---].
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 275, whence IRT, 2009, 275; Laronde, 2005 79, whence AE 2005.1662; EDH (Gräf, 2014) 059240; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.XV.23)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 947)