121. Honours for Caius Flavius Pudens

Description:
Rectangular base (w: 0.56 x h: 0.88 x d: 0.57) of coarse grey limestone, with moulded panels on three sides, uniform with 118, 119, 120, 121, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125. 
Text:
Inscribed on the front (die, w: 0.30 x h: 0.60). 
Letters:
Local second to third centuries A.D. capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.03-0.04. 
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Basilica, standing beside the W door of the S aisle of the later church. 
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) 
C(aio) [Fl(auio)] Q(uinti) fil(io) Pap(iria tribu)
[P]udenti
f[lam](ini) perpet(uo)
C[uri]a Hadr(iana)
5o[b merit[a]
C[···]QFILPAP
[··]VDENTI
F[····]PERPET
C[····]AHADR
5O[··MERIT[··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
aio
</ex>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Fl
</abbr>
<ex>
auio
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Q
</abbr>
<ex>
uinti
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
io
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Pap
</abbr>
<ex>
iria tribu
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
P
</supplied>
udenti
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
f
<supplied reason="lost" >
lam
</supplied>
</abbr>
<ex>
ini
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
perpet
</abbr>
<ex>
uo
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
C
<supplied reason="lost" >
uri
</supplied>
a
<expan>
<abbr>
Hadr
</abbr>
<ex>
iana
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
o
<supplied reason="lost" >
b
</supplied>
merit
<supplied reason="lost" >
a
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

To Caius [Flavius] Pudens, son of Quintus, of the Roman voting tribe Papiria, perpetual [flamen] (priest), the [Curia] Hadriana, on account of his merits.

Commentary:

ll. 1-2. Caius Flauius Pudens. Also in 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VII.20)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 47.VII.20)

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