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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0645. Honours for Iunia Perpetua Rerriuth

Description: Rectangular base (w: 0.51 x h: 0.93 x d: 0.52) of compact grey limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.31 x h: 0.74).
Letters: Second to early third centuries CE lapidary capitals: 0.065.

Date: Second to early third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the exedra at the South East angle.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Iun(iae) Per-
petuae Rer-
riuth D(ecimus) Iun(ius)
Rroculus (sic)
5uxori obse-
quentissi-
mae permiss(u)
ord(inis)
posuit

Diplomatic

IUNPER
PETUAERER
RIUTHDIUN
RROCULUS(sic)
5UXORIOBSE
QUENTISSI
MAEPERMISS
ORD
POSUIT

English translation

Translation by: J. M. Reynolds

To Julia Perpetua Rerriuth; Decimus Junius Proculus set (scil. this) up to a most compliant wife, with permission of the city council.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 645, whence IRT, 2009, 645, whence EDH 059498; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Images

   Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 910)

   Fig. 2. Face: Tantillo (2006)