Description: Seventeen blocks of fine-grained grey limestone
(total length 1w:
5.30 x h:
0.51 x d:
0.52). Block 3 had been previously used for 625.
Text: Inscribed on one face with a monumental inscription within a tabella ansata
(die, 1w:
4.35 x h:
0.15).
Letters: Lapidary capitals: line 1 0.16; line 2, 0.06; line 3, 0.05.
Date: CE 83: GODOT with GODOT (titulature)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Regio V, laid out in the street between insula 4-5 and insula 6 probably from a
building to the North West of the Market.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
Interpretive
1
Imp(eratore) Caesare diui Uespasiani ⟦f(ilio) Domitiano Aug(usto) pontif(ice) max(imo) trib(unicia) pot(estate) II imp(eratore) [III] p(atre) p(atriae) co(n)s(ule) VIIII⟧ 2
L(ucius) Nonius L(uci) f(ilius) Pom(ptina tribu) Asprenas L(uci) Noni Asprenatis VIIuir(i) epulonum proco(n)s(ulis) prouinciae Africae III nepos triumuir a(uro) a(rgento) a(ere) f(lando) f(eriundo) seuir salius Palatinus quaestor Caesaris Aug(usti) centurio equitum
[R]omanorum hastis honoratus octo uexillis IIII coronis muralibus duabus uallaribus dua[b]us aurea una pr(aetor) inter ciues et peregrinos legatus pro pr(aetore) 3
prouinc[ia]e Galateae Paphlagoniae ( vac. ) Pamphyliae ( vac. ) Pisidiae co(n)s(ul) VIIuir e[p]ulonum proco(n)s(ul) prouinciae Africae patronus municipii dedicauit legato pro pr(aetore) M(arco) Cornelio Firmo
Diplomatic
1
IMPCAESAREDIUIUESPASIANI⟦FDOMITIANOAUGPONTIFMAXTRIBPOTIIIMP[...]PPCOSVIIII⟧ 2
LNONIUSLFPOMASPRENASLNONIASPRENATISVIIUIREPULONUMPROCOSPROUINCIAEAFRICAEIIINEPOSTRIUMUIRAAAFFSEUIRSALIUSPALATINUSQUAESTORCAESARISAUGCENTURIOEQUITUM[.]OMANORUMHASTISHONORATUSOCTOUEXILLISIIIICORONISMURALIBUSDUABUSUALLARIBUSDUA[.]USAUREAUNAPRINTERCIUESETPEREGRINOSLEGATUSPROPR 3
PROUINC[..]EGALATEAEPAPHLAGONIAE PAMPHYLIAE PISIDIAECOSVIIUIRE[.]ULONUMPROCOSPROUINCIAEAFRICAEPATRONUSMUNICIPIIDEDICAUITLEGATOPROPRMCORNELIOFIRMO
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
When Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus, son of deified Vespasian, was chief priest, held tribunician power for the second time,
had been acclaimed victor [three (? four) times], father of the country, consul, for the ninth time, Lucius Nonius Asprenas, son of Lucius, of the Roman voting tribe
Pomptina, grandson of Lucius Nonius Asprenas, a member of the committee of seven concerned with public feasts, proconsul of
the province of Africa for three years, (scil. himself) a member of the committee of three for coining in gold, silver and
bronze, (scil. also) of the committee of six, a salius Palatinus (member of the priestly college of Palatine Leapers), quaestor of Caesar Augustus, centurion of Roman Knights, awarded military honours consisting of eight spears, four banners,
two crowns for crossing walls, two for crossing ramparts, one gold, praetor for judging cases between citizens and non citizens,
legate with propraetorian powers in charge of the province (scil. consisting) of Galatia, Paphlagonia, Pamphylia and Pisidia,
consul, member of the committee of seven for sacred feasts, proconsul of the province of Africa, patron of the municipality,
dedicated (scil. this), Marcus Cornelius Firmus being his legate with pro-praetorian powers.
Bibliography: Romanelli, 1951 , whence AE 1952.232; IRT, 1952, 346, whence IRT, 2009, 346, whence EDH 019271; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.XI.18)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1947 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 47.XI.19)
Fig. 3. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1472 Leica)
