116. Fragmentary ?honours

Description:
Three fragments probably, though not certainly, all from the same marble panel. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Lapidary capitals, not earlier than second century A.D. a) w: 0.65 x h: 0.46, right-hand edge; lettering, 0.065-0.075. b) w: 0.28 x h: 0.27, left-hand edge; lettering: l. 1, 0.08; l. 2, 0.07; l. 3, decapitated. c) w: 0.19 x h: 0.30, no edges surviving. Lettering: ll. 1-2, 0.085; l. 3, 0.07. 
Date:
not earlier than second century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see 1, note 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) 
a
[·· ? ··]LA[·· ? ··]
[--- ob hon]orem augur[atus]
[·· ? ·· summ]ae honoraria[e]
[·· ? ··]t ex (sestertiis) XX n(ummum) po-
5[suit ·· ? ··?]t Flauii Diodo stop
[·· ? ·· adi]ectis (sestertiis) IIID n(ummum)
[---]
b
stat[·· ? ··]
marc̣[·· ? ··]
P̣[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]o l[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]m qu[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]s oḅ[·· ? ··]
a
[·· ? ··]LA[·· ? ··]
[---·······]OREMAVGVR[·····]
[·· ? ·······]AEHONORARIA[··]
[·· ? ··]TEX sestertius XXNPO
5[······· ? ··?]TFLAVIIDIODO stop
[·· ? ······]ECTIS sestertius IIIDN
[---]
b
STAT[·· ? ··]
MAR·[·· ? ··]
·[·· ? ··]
c
[·· ? ··]OL[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]MQV[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]SO·[·· ? ··]
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<orig >
la
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ob
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
hon
</supplied>
orem
augur
<supplied reason="lost" >
atus
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
summ
</supplied>
ae
honoraria
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
t
ex
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<g type="sestertius" > </g>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
sestertiis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="20000" >
XX
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ummum
</ex>
</expan>
po
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
suit
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap1" />
t
Flauii
Diodo
<g type="stop" > </g>
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
adi
</supplied>
ectis
<expan>
<abbr>
<am>
<g type="sestertius" > </g>
</am>
</abbr>
<ex>
sestertiis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="497000" >
IIID
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
n
</abbr>
<ex>
ummum
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
stat
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
mar
<unclear reason="" >
c
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
p
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
o
l
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
m
qu
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
s
o
<unclear reason="" >
b
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

a.6, 497,000.

Translation:

a. [·· ? ··on account of] the honour of the augurate [·· ? ··] of the sum paid for the office [·· ? ··] from 20,000 sesterces ?he set it up [·· ? ··] of Flavius Diodo (Perhaps Diodorus) [·· ? ··] with 497,000 sesterces added

(b and c not usefully translatable)

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 777 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 777 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 777 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 777 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 218)

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