Description: Moulded base (w:
0.65 x h:
1.34 x d:
0.62) of grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: line 1-8, capitals with some Rustic forms, 0.06-0.08; line 9-10, Rustic capitals, 0.04.
Date: After CE 14 (deification of Augustus)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Forum Vetus, in the South East portico of the Curia precinct.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To Tiberius Julius Frontinus, son of Tiberius, of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, flamen (priest) of the deified Augustus, the whole city council of the colony of Lepcis Magna decreed the statue to a deserving man; Tiberius Julius Fronto, son of Tiberius, satisfied by the honour, set it up at his own expense to a most indulgent father.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 598, whence IRT, 2009, 598, whence EDH 059457; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 943)
Fig. 2. View: Tantillo (2003)
Fig. 3. Face: Tantillo (2005)