Description:
Podium of the West Tribunal, in situ in the Theatre, the inscribed part of which consists of seven blocks
(together, w:
6.45 x h:
1.28 x d:
2.70) of grey limestone. In the centre there are two cornucopiae between wreaths, carved in relief.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Lapidary capitals: 0.13.
Date: 1.B.C. - 10. CE (prosopography)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V,
Theatre.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
Lucius Caninius Gallus, son of Lucius, member of the committee of fifteen for sacred activities, consul, proconsul, patron, dedicated (scil. this)
Commentary
Lucius Caninius Gallus, senior: PIR C 0389, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/3586
Lucius Caninius Gallus, junior: PIR C 0390, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/3587
Bibliography: Caputo-Levi della Vida, 1933, 92 ff., figs. 1-3, whence AE 1938.2, Archäologischer Anzeiger 1940, 552, whence AE 1941, page 33; Caputo, 1940, 196 ff., figs. 13-14; IRT, 1952, 521, whence IRT, 2009, 521, whence EDH 021906; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.Discussed Caputo, 1940 196, whence AE 1945, page 13.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1412 Leica)