519. Honours for Caeclius Severus

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.81 x h: 1.30 x d: 0.75) of brown limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.28 x h: 0.595), from which a previous inscription may have been erased. The first word is cut above the die, and the last line below it.  
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.03-0.04. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering).  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Severan Basilica, East Passage. 
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) 
Elpidii
Omnium uir-
tutum praedi-
cabili uiro et su-
5pra documenta
bonitatis insigni
adque magnifico
Caecilio Seuero u(iro) c(larissimo)
a(genti) u(ices) praef(ectorum) praetorio
10ob multiformem
iudiciorum eius in
se moderationem
ex decreto et sufra-
gio [·· c. 15··]
15Lepcitani publice
ELPIDII
OMNIVMVIR
TVTVMPRAEDI
CABILIVIROETSV
5PRADOCVMENTA
BONITATISINSIGNI
ADQVEMAGNIFICO
CAECILIOSEVEROVC
AVPRAEFPRAETORIO
10OBMVLTIFORMEM
IVDICIORVMEIVSIN
SEMODERATIONEM
EXDECRETOETSVFRA
GIO[·· c. 15··]
15LEPCITANIPVBLICE
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<lb n="1" />
Elpidii
<lb n="2" />
Omnium
uir
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
tutum
praedi
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
cabili
uiro
et
su
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
pra
documenta
<lb n="6" />
bonitatis
insigni
<lb n="7" />
adque
magnifico
<lb n="8" />
Caecilio
Seuero
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iro
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
c
</abbr>
<ex>
larissimo
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="9" />
<expan>
<abbr>
a
</abbr>
<ex>
genti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
ices
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
praef
</abbr>
<ex>
ectorum
</ex>
</expan>
praetorio
<lb n="10" />
ob
multiformem
<lb n="11" />
iudiciorum
eius
in
<lb n="12" />
se
moderationem
<lb n="13" />
ex
decreto
et
sufra
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
gio
<gap reason="lost" extent="15" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<lb n="15" />
Lepcitani
publice
</ab>

9, PRAEFF.

13-14, sufragio: sic

Translation:

(In honour) of Elpidius. To a man deserving praise for all virtues, distinguished and magnificent for goodness beyond documentation, Caecilius Severus, splendid man( of senatorial status), acting as deputy for the praetorian prefects; the Lepcitanians (set this up) publicly on account of the manifold moderation of his judgments in their cases, and in accordance with a decree and a vote [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

l. 1. Elpidius. Perhaps to be identified with PW VIII, 206, 1 and if so vicarius in 321. See also ILS 8730.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1524 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1524 Leica)

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