Description: Fragment from the right-hand side of a base
(w:
0.30 x h:
0.45 x d:
0.18) of
grey marble.
Text: Inscribed within a moulded panel.
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: 0.05.
Date: Fourth century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Forum Severianum:
Severan Basilica, built into the steps of the South apse.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
7-8: [·· ? ··] ordinis uo-/[t·· ? ··] / IRT, 1952
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
[To one---] who has deserved [---] outstanding [---] of integrity [---] describable ? [---] after [---] of merits [---by decree?] of the city council [paid his?] vow [---].
English translation
Translation source: LSA, 2012
To ... merit ... sublime ... of integrity ... praiseworthy ... dignities ... of the ordo ... to the patron ...
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 651, whence IRT, 2009, 651; Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 63, whence LSA, 2012, 2208 (Tantillo and Bigi), EDH (Bigi, 2014) 059504; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1529 Leica)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR
Fig. 3. Face: Tantillo (2005)