631. Honours for M. Antistius Arrianus

Description:
Marble panel (w: 0.47 x h: 0.60 x d: 0.04) broken at the lower left-hand corner.  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Capitals of unusual squat form: 0.04-0.03. 
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (terminology) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre. 
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) 
M(arco) Antistio
Arriano Anti-
sti Cerialis fil(io)
Q(uintus) Vlpius Boccius
5 [p]atrono alumno
[pii]ssimo permissu
[spl(endidissimi)] [or]d(inis) sua p(ecunia) pos(uit)
MANTISTIO
ARRIANOANTI
STICERIALISFIL
QVLPIVSBOCCIVS
5[··]ATRONOALVMNO
[····]SSIMOPERMISSV
[····][···]DSVAPPOS
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
Antistio
<lb n="2" />
Arriano
Anti
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
sti
Cerialis
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uintus
</ex>
</expan>
Vlpius
Boccius
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
p
</supplied>
atrono
alumno
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
pii
</supplied>
ssimo
permissu
<lb n="7" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
spl
</abbr>
<ex>
endidissimi
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
or
</supplied>
d
</abbr>
<ex>
inis
</ex>
</expan>
sua
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
ecunia
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pos
</abbr>
<ex>
uit
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

To Marcus Antistius Arrianus, son of Antistius Cerialis; Quintus Ulpius Boccius to his patron, a most dutiful pupil; he erected this at his own expense, with permission [of the most splendid] city council.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 116 Lastre)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 116 Lastre)

(cc) You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 6 to validate this file.)