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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0648. Honours for Q. Pompeius Cerealis

Description: No description; probably a base.
Text: No description.
Letters: No description.

Date: First to third centuries CE (terminology)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: city centre, described as "au milieu de la ville" when found in 1694.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot 1694

Interpretive

Q(uinto) Pomp[e-]
io Cerea-
li ex de-
creto or-
5dinis ROM

Diplomatic

QPOMP[.-]
IOCEREA
LIEXDE
CRETOOR
5DINISROM

5: Possibly recorded with this text in error.

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To Quintus Pompeius Cerealis, in accordance with a decree of the city council ? [ . . .

Commentary

Q. Pompeius Cerealis Felix: https://pir.bbaw.de/id/10676; also in 444.

Bibliography: CIL VIII, suppl.4, 1916, 22674; IRT, 1952, 648, whence IRT, 2009, 648, whence EDH 059501

Images

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