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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0647. Honours for Q. Marcius Pudens

Description: The upper part of a marble panel (w: 0.25 x h: 0.465 x d: 0.02; height incomplete).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Late second to third century CE capitals: 0.09-0.05.

Date: Late second to third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio V, Theatre.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Q(uinto) Marcio Pudenti
iuris perito
patri optimo
Q(uintus) Marcius Pudens
5ex decreto
[ordinis]

Diplomatic

QMARCIOPUDENTI
IURISPERITO
PATRIOPTIMO
QMARCIUSPUDENS
5EXDECRETO
[.......]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To Quintus Marcius Pudens, lawyer, an excellent father; Quintus Marcius Pudens, in accordance witha decree of the city [council].

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 647, whence IRT, 2009, 647, whence EDH 059500; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 116 bis)