WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0535. Fragment

Description: Fragment from the lower part of a panel of cream marble flecked with brown (w: 0.43 x h: 0.35 x d: 0.03).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century CE lapidary capitals: 0.09.

Date: 157/8 CE (prosopography)

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

Interpretive

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[---]us ex q̣ụ[---]
[--- L(ucio)] Hedio Rufo [Lolliano Auito ---]

Diplomatic

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[---]USEX..[---]
[---..]HEDIORUFO[.............---]

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

[--- when Lucius] Hedius Rufus [Lollianus Avitus was proconsul ---]

Commentary

L. Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus: PIR H 0040, https://pir.bbaw.de/id/6803

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 535, whence Thomasson, 1996 76c; IRT, 2009, 535, whence EDH 030814; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 288 Lastre)