WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1019. Dedication to Nemesis

Description: Base of limestone w: 0.77 x h: 1.7 x d: 0.64
Text: Inscribed on the face within a moulded panel
Letters: Lines 1-4, 0.07-0.085; lines 5-9, 0.05

Date: Mid second century CE (prosopography)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Road from the Circus to the Port, Amphitheatre.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Nemesi Aug(ustae)
M(arcus) ((stop)) Iunius
Crescens
Afri fil(ius) ((stop)) fla-
5men Aug(usti) ((stop)) curator
muneris publici
augur ((stop)) IIuirum
q(uin)q(uennalium) ((stop)) munerarius
de suo ((stop)) u(otum) ((stop)) s(oluit) ((stop))

Diplomatic

NEMESIAUG
M IUNIUS
CRESCENS
AFRIFIL FLA
5MENAUG CURATOR
MUNERISPUBLICI
AUGUR IIUIRUM
QQ MUNERARIUS
DESUO U S

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

For Nemesis Augusta: Marcus Junius Crescens, son of Afer, flamen of Augustus, curator of public business, augur, (scil. one of the) quinquennial duovires, giver of a public show, from his own resources paid his vow.

Bibliography: Pellegrino, 2018, 2, whence AE, 2018.1885, EDCS 81300107

Images

   Fig. 1. Photograph (Tantillo, 2003)