101. Honours for Laenatius Romulus

Description:
Left-hand side of a moulded marble base, (w: 0.21 x h: 1.05 x d: 0.53), the mouldings of which have been trimmed flush. Width not complete. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face, die, w: 0.21 x h: 0.83). Width not complete. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D.. Capitals: 0.04-0.05. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering, prosopography) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Found re-used as an architrave in the Mosque of Sidi Iàhia ben Dbàbesc. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha Museum. 
Bibliography:
Aurigemma, Atti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia: Rendiconti XV:115 ff., fig. 3 ; L'Année Epigraphique (Revue des Publications épigraphiques relatives à l'Antiquité romaine: annual supplement to Rev. Arch.) 1948:39. 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) 
Militi[ae ·· ? ··]-
tiae o[·· ? ··]-
nto e[·· ? ··]
annis [·· ? ··?] [ius]-
5titiae a[·· ? ··]
integr[itatis ·· ? ··]
Laenat[io Romulo]
u(iro) p(erfectissimo) pra[es(idi) prou(inciae) Trip(olitanae)]
ordo [populusque]
10 Sabra[thens(ium) pat(rono)]
dignis[simo ·· ? ··]
curan[te ·· ? ··]
Leont[io ·· ? ··]
MILITI[····· ? ··]
TIAEO[·· ? ··]
NTOE[·· ? ··]
ANNIS[·· ? ··?][····]
5TITIAEA[·· ? ··]
INTEGR[········· ? ··]
LAENAT[··········]
VPPRA[·················]
ORDO[···········]
10SABRA[··············]
DIGNIS[······· ? ··]
CVRAN[····· ? ··]
LEONT[····· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Militi
<supplied reason="lost" >
ae
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
tiae
o
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
nto
e
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
annis
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" id="gap1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ius
</supplied>
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
titiae
a
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
integr
<supplied reason="lost" >
itatis
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="7" />
Laenat
<supplied reason="lost" >
io
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Romulo
</supplied>
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iro
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
erfectissimo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
pra
<supplied reason="lost" >
es
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
idi
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
prou
</abbr>
<ex>
inciae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Trip
</abbr>
<ex>
olitanae
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="9" />
ordo
<supplied reason="lost" >
populusque
</supplied>
<lb n="10" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Sabra
<supplied reason="lost" >
thens
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<ex>
ium
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
pat
</abbr>
<ex>
rono
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="11" />
dignis
<supplied reason="lost" >
simo
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="12" />
curan
<supplied reason="lost" >
te
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="13" />
Leont
<supplied reason="lost" >
io
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[?In honour of a man] of ?military service [·· ? ··] in the years [·· ? ··], of justice [·· ? ··], integrity [·· ? ··], Laenatius [Romulus], excellent man (i.e. of equestrian status), governor [of the province of Tripolitania;] the city council [and the people] of the Sabrathans [to a patron](who is) most worthy. Leontius [·· ? ··] took charge [of its erection]

Commentary:

l. 7. Laenatio Romulo. Also in 467, l. 7; 468, l. 10; 574. ll. 1-12. Praeses c. 317, see Aurigemma, loc. cit.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 862 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 862 Leica)

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