Description: Rectangular base
(w:
1.405 x h:
0.53 x d:
0.52) of
grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century CE capitals with Rustic forms. 0.08-0.075.
Date: Second century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Regio V,
Theatre, built into one of the late piers of the West dressing-room.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To Caius Hostilius Barea; Caius Hostilius Flaccus, his father, set (scil. this) up at his own expense to a most dutiful son, in accordance with a decree of the city council.
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 643, whence IRT, 2009, 643, whence EDH 059496; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1617 Leica)
Fig. 2. Face: Tantillo (2004)