104. Honours for a fourth century official

Description:
Moulded base (w: 0.60 x h: 1.30 x d: 0.75) of brown limestone, much damaged. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel (die, w: 0.45 x h: 0.75). The first two lines are cut above the die. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: l.1, 0.07; remainder, av. 0.04. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering)  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Forum area, forum, at the E end of the S portico. 
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) 
[·· ? ··] ṭii u(iri) p(erfectissimi)
[·· ? ·· integ]ritatis religione
[·· ? ··]ṆTIF̣[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]se
5[---?]
[·· ? ··]u
[·· ? ··] ob
[---?]
[---?]
10 [ordo et popu]lus colo[niae Sabr(athensis)]
[·· c. 4·· publi]ce posuit[·· c. 7··]
[· cur]ante C(aio) Aurelio Feliciạṇọ
Ḍ[a]masio fl(amine) p(er)p(etuo) sac(erdote) dei Herculis
q(uin)q(uennale) curatore rei publicae
15feliciter
[·· ? ··]·IIVP
[·· ? ········]RITATISRELIGIONE
[·· ? ··]·TI·[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]SE
5[---?]
[·· ? ··]V
[·· ? ··]OB
[---?]
[---?]
10[··········]LVSCOLO[··········]
[·· c. 4········]CEPOSVIT[·· c. 7··]
[·····]ANTECAVRELIOFELICI···
·[··]MASIOFLPPSACDEIHERCVLIS
QQCVRATOREREIPVBLICAE
15FELICITER
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="" >
t
</unclear>
ii
<expan>
<abbr>
u
</abbr>
<ex>
iri
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
erfectissimi
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
integ
</supplied>
ritatis
religione
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="" >
n
</unclear>
ti
<unclear reason="" >
f
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
se
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" id="gap1" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
u
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ob
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" id="gap2" />
<lb n="9" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" id="gap3" />
<lb n="10" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ordo
et
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
popu
</supplied>
lus
colo
<supplied reason="lost" >
niae
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Sabr
</abbr>
<ex>
athensis
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<lb n="11" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
publi
</supplied>
ce
posuit
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<lb n="12" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
cur
</supplied>
ante
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aio
</ex>
</expan>
Aurelio
Felici
<unclear reason="" >
ano
</unclear>
<lb n="13" />
<unclear reason="" >
D
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
masio
<expan>
<abbr>
fl
</abbr>
<ex>
amine
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
er
</ex>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
etuo
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
sac
</abbr>
<ex>
erdote
</ex>
</expan>
dei
Herculis
<lb n="14" />
<expan>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uin
</ex>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uennale
</ex>
</expan>
curatore
rei
publicae
<lb n="15" />
feliciter
</ab>

Translation:

[In honour] of [·· ? ··]tius, excellent man (i.e. of equestrian status ), [·· ? ··] of integrity, with (or by) conscientiousness, [·· ? ··]; (l.10)[the city council and the] people of the colony [of Sabratha·· ? ··] set this up publicly [·· ? ··]; Caius Aurelius Felicianus Damasius, perpetual flamen (priest), priest of the god Hercules, duovir in a fifth year, curator of the public affairs. With good fortune.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.21)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.21)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.20)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XI.20)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VII.27)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VII.27)

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