97. Honours for an imperial procurator

Description:
Part of the left side of a marble panel ( w: 0.48 x h: 0.60), later reversed and re-used for 149.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Third century capitals: 0.055.  
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Not previously published. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
[---]
2 Pap(iria) (tribu) Vic[·· ? ··]
proc(uratori) Aug[(ust-) ·· ? ··]
duci per[·· ? ·· Tri]-
5politanum pr[oc(uratori) ·· ? ·· regio]-
[ni]s Lepthimi[nensis ·· ? ··]
[·· c. 5··]ius Ṿ [·· ? ··]
[---]
2PAPVIC[·· ? ··]
PROCAVG[······ ? ··]
DVCIPER[·· ? ······]
5POLITANVMPR[····· ? ········]
[···]SLEPTHIMI[········· ? ··]
[·· c. 5··]IVS·[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Pap
</abbr>
<ex>
iria
</ex>
<ex>
tribu
</ex>
</expan>
Vic
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
proc
</abbr>
<ex>
uratori
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
ust
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
duci
per
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Tri
</supplied>
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
politanum
<expan>
<abbr>
pr
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
oc
</abbr>
<ex>
uratori
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
regio
</supplied>
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ni
</supplied>
s
Lepthimi
<supplied reason="lost" >
nensis
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" precision="circa" />
ius
<unclear reason="" >
V
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

7, Or N [...]

Translation:

To [·· ? ··] Vic[?tor·· ? ··], of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, procurator of Augustus ( or the Augusti)[·· ? ··] commander throughout the Tripolitanian frontier, procurator [·· ? ··] of the region of Leptis Minor [·· ? ··] ius V[·· ? ··](a personal name)

Commentary:

Tripolitanum: See Introduction, Section 4

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 800 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 800 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 217)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 217)

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