Description: Marble base with moulded panels on three faces
(w:
0.75 x h:
1.40 x d:
0.75).
Text: Inscribed on the central face; line 1 on the upper moulding, line 16 on the lower, lines 2-15
within a moulded panel (die, w:
0.38 x h:
0.62); the first word is cut between formal sprays.
The base was formerly inscribed on the left face, from which the text has since been completely erased.
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: lines 1 and 16, 0.05, remainder 0.03-0.04; dot for stop.
Date: Fourth century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: ,
Forum Severianum, East Portico.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
Interpretive
((palm)) Petasii ((palm))
( vac. 1 line)
Eximiae integritatis et
inconparabilis prudentiae ((stop))
ac ((stop)) totius bonitatis ((stop)) uiro ((stop))
5Fl(auio) ((stop)) Petasio u(iro) ((stop)) p(erfectissimo) ((stop)) ex praesidibus
prouinciae ((stop)) Tripolitanae
ordo splendidissima((stop))e
ciuitatis Lepcimagnensis
decreto suo ((stop)) et ((stop)) populi
10sufragiis ((stop)) memor ((stop)) me-
ritorum in se ab eius ((stop)) prae-
sentia conlatorum
statuam in foro nouo Seue-
riano ad perpetuitatis memo-
15riam patrono dignissimo
( vac. ) posuit ( vac. )
Diplomatic
⸙ PETASII ⸙
vacat
EXIMIAEINTEGRITATISET
INCONPARABILISPRUDENTIAE •
AC • TOTIUSBONITATIS • UIRO •
5FL • PETASIOU • P • EXPRAESIDIBUS
PROUINCIAE • TRIPOLITANAE
ORDOSPLENDIDISSIMA • E
CIUITATISLEPCIMAGNENSIS
DECRETOSUO • ET • POPULI
10SUFRAGIIS • MEMOR • ME
RITORUMINSEABEIUS • PRAE
SENTIACONLATORUM
STATUAMINFORONOUOSEUE
RIANOADPERPETUITATISMEMO
15RIAMPATRONODIGNISSIMO
POSUIT
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
(scil. In honour) of Petasius. To a man of outstanding integrity, incomparable prudence and total goodness, Flavius Petasius,
excellent man (of equestrian status), former governor of the province of Tripolitania; the city council of the most splendid city of Lepcis Magna, in accordance
with its own decree and the votes of the people, having in mind the benefits they enjoyed from his presence, set up a statue
to a most worthy patron in the new forum Severianum with a view to their enduring memory.
Italian translation
Translation source: Tantillo-Bigi, 2010
Petasius! Uomo di straordinaria integrità, di impareggiabile assennatezza e di completa bontà, a Flavius Petasius, uomo perfettissimo,
ex governatore della Prouincia di Tripolitania, l’ordine della splendidissima città di Leptis Magna, con suo decreto e per
suffragio del popolo, memore dei benefici apportatigli dalla sua eccellenza, pose una statua nel nuovo Foro Severiano, a memoria
eterna, al patrono quanto mai degno.
English translation
Translation source: LSA, 2012
(Statue of) Petasius. To a man of outstanding integrity and incomparable prudence as well as of every goodness, Flavius Petasius,
of perfectissimus rank, former governor (ex praeside) of the province of Tripolitania. The council (ordo) of the most splendid city of Lepcis Magna, by its own decree and by acclamation of the people, mindful of the merits conferred
upon them by his excellence, set up a statue in the new Severan forum, for the memory of eternity, to a most worthy patron.
Bibliography: Guidi, 1929, 241 ff., fig. 5, whence AE 1930.2; IRT, 1952, 566, whence IRT, 2009, 566; Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 37, whence LSA, 2012, 2183 (Tantillo and Bigi), EDH (Bigi, 2014) 025560; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections..
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 316)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 16)
Fig. 3. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 362 Leica)
Fig. 4. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXI.33)
Fig. 5. View: Tantillo (n.d)
Fig. 6. Right face: Tantillo (2008)
Fig. 7. Left face: Tantillo (2008)
Fig. 8. Back and left face: Tantillo (2008)
Fig. 9. Top: Tantillo (2008)
