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96. Honours for Avitius Rufus

Description:: Marble panel (w: 2.41 x h: 0.71, both ends missing).
Text:: nscribed within a moulded border.
Letters:: Second century lapidary capitals: lines 1-2, 0.07; lines 3-5, 0.06.
Date:: Second 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)

[·· ? ··A]uitio Q(uinti) fil(io) Quir(ina) (tribu) Rufo trib(uno) mil(itum) leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) F[el(icis)]
[praef(ecto) c]oh(ortis) I Aug(ustae) Thrac(um) proximo tertiae militiae IIu[iro]
[decre(- - -)]t(o) ordin(is) ob merit(a) eius erga rem publicam ẹx[imia]
[Q(uintus) Aui]tius Lucanus pater titulo et honore [contentus]
5 [s]ua pecunia posuit

[·· ? ····]VITIOQFILQVIRRVFOTRIBMILLEGVIIGEMF[···]
[········]OHIAVGTHRACPROXIMOTERTIAEMILITIAEIIV[····]
[······]TORDINOBMERITEIVSERGAREMPVBLICAM·X[·····]
[······]TIVSLVCANVSPATERTITVLOETHONORE[··········]
5[··]VAPECVNIAPOSVIT

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uitio

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uinti

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

fil

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Quir

</abbr>

<ex>

ina

</ex>

<ex>

tribu

</ex>

</expan>

Rufo

<expan>

<abbr>

trib

</abbr>

<ex>

uno

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

mil

</abbr>

<ex>

itum

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

leg

</abbr>

<ex>

ionis

</ex>

</expan>

VII

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

Gem

</abbr>

<ex>

inae

</ex>

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<abbr>

</abbr>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

icis

</ex>

</supplied>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

praef

</abbr>

<ex>

ecto

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

<expan>

</supplied>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

ortis

</ex>

</expan>

</num>

<expan>

<abbr>

Aug

</abbr>

<ex>

ustae

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

Thrac

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

proximo

tertiae

militiae

<orig >

</orig>

iro

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

decre

</abbr>

</supplied>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

ordin

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

merit

</abbr>

<ex>

</ex>

</expan>

eius

erga

rem

publicam

</unclear>

imia

</supplied>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

<ex>

uintus

</ex>

</expan>

</supplied>

Aui

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tius

Lucanus

pater

titulo

honore

contentus

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</supplied>

pecunia

posuit

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1, Or P(iae) F(elicis).

Translation:

to [·· ? ··] Avitius Rufus, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Quirina, military tribune in Legion VII Gemina Felix, [prefect] of cohort I Augusta of Thracians, approaching his third military appointment, duovir; honoured by decree of the city council, on account of his outstanding merits in public affairs; [Quintus] Auitius Lucanus, his father, was satisfied with the decree and the honour and set (this) up at his own expense.