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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0517. Honours for M. Appius Atilius Bradua Regillus Atticus

Description: Balustrade of grey limestone. See also 587.
Text: Inscribed on the front face within a recessed panel (die w: 0.50 x h: 0.89).
Letters: Irregular capitals with some Rustic forms: line 1-2, 0.07; line 3-4, 0.04; line 5, 0.045; line 6-8, 0.05; line 9-10, 0.055; line 11, 0.08.

Date: After CE 185 (prosopography)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, flanking the steps to the Curia, North West side.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

M(arco) Atilio Metilio
Bra[d]uae Cauci-
[dio Tertullo Claudio At]tico
[Uibu]llio P̣ollịọṇ[i] Gauidio
5[L]atiari Atrio Basso
proco(n)s(uli)
D(ecimus) Iunius Crescens
D(ecimus) Iunius Galba
Q(uintus) Calpurnius Capito
10L(ucius) Plautius Octauian[us]
patrono

Diplomatic

MATILIOMETILIO
BRA[.]UAECAUCI
[....................]TICO
[....]LLIO.OLL...[.]GAUIDIO
5[.]ATIARIATRIOBASSO
PROCOS
DIUNIUSCRESCENS
DIUNIUSGALBA
QCALPURNIUSCAPITO
10LPLAUTIUSOCTAUIAN[..]
PATRONO

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua Caucidius Tertullus Claudius Atticus Vibullius Pollio Gauidius Latiaris Atrius Bassus, proconsul; Decimus Junius Crescens, Decimus Junius Galba, Quintus Calpurnius Capito, Lucius Plautius Octavianus to their patron.

Commentary

Marcus Atilius Metilius Bradua Caucidius Tertullus Claudius Atticus Vibullius Pollio Gauidius Latiaris Atrius Bassus: PIR M 541, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/2212

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 517, whence IRT, 2009, 517; Pflaum, 1953 4, whence AE 1955.227; discussed Di Vita-Évrard, 1981 , whence AE 1981.863; Thomasson, 1996 134; whence EDH (Feraudi, 2014) 030919; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 917)

   Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins, 1946 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 46.XIV.3)

   Fig. 3. Face: Tantillo (2003)


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