552. Fragmentary ?honours

Description:
Fragments of white marble, all possibly but not certainly from the same panel. 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded border.  
Letters:
Second to third century capitals: l. 1, 0.065; l. 2, 0.06, remainder, 0.055. a) w: 0.36 x h: 0.35 x d: 0.025, lower edge; b) w: 0.18 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.025, left-hand edge; c) w: 0.15 x h: 0.085 x d: 0.025, lower edge. d) w: 0.10 x h: 0.10 x d: 0.025, upper edge. e) w: 0.09 x h: 0.065 x d: 0.025, no edges surviving. 
Date:
A.D. 162-164 A.D. (titulature) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Hadrianic Baths 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum. 
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 + b + c
[·· ? ··]ano[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ·· trib(uno) mil(itum) leg(ionis) ·· ? ·· e]t II Adiutr(icis) p(iae) f̣(idelis) [·· ? ··]
do[nis donato ab imp(eratoribus) Ant]onino et Vero [Aug(ustis) ·· ? ··]
uex(ill-) a[rgente ·· ? ·· et corona uall]ari et cor(ona) mur(ali) q(uaestori) p[·· ? ··]
5 act[·· ? ··] Lepcita[ni ·· ? ··] ob libe[ralitates ·· ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]HAṬ[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··] pro [·· ? ··]
a + b + c
[·· ? ··]ANO[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ········· ? ····]TIIADIVTRP·[·· ? ··]
DO[······················]ONINOETVERO[······ ? ··]
VEXA[········· ? ·················]ARIETCORMVRQP[·· ? ··]
5ACT[·· ? ··]LEPCITA[····· ? ··]OBLIBE[············ ? ··]
d
[·· ? ··]HA·[·· ? ··]
e
[·· ? ··]PRO[·· ? ··]
<div type="textpart" n="a + b + c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ano
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
trib
</abbr>
<ex>
uno
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
mil
</abbr>
<ex>
itum
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
e
</supplied>
t
<num value="2" >
II
</num>
<expan>
<abbr>
Adiutr
</abbr>
<ex>
icis
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
iae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="damage" >
f
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
idelis
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
do
<supplied reason="lost" >
nis
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
donato
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ab
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratoribus
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ant
</supplied>
onino
et
Vero
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Aug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustis
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<expan>
<abbr>
uex
</abbr>
<ex>
ill
</ex>
</expan>
a
<supplied reason="lost" >
rgente
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
et
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
corona
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
uall
</supplied>
ari
et
<expan>
<abbr>
cor
</abbr>
<ex>
ona
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
mur
</abbr>
<ex>
ali
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uaestori
</ex>
</expan>
p
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
act
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
Lepcita
<supplied reason="lost" >
ni
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ob
libe
<supplied reason="lost" >
ralitates
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig >
ha
<unclear reason="damage" >
t
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart" n="e" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
pro
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

a.+.b.+.c.5, Perhaps praeposito actis senatus.

Translation:

(a+b+c) [To·· ? ··]anus [·· ? ··] military tribune in legion [·· ? ··] and II adiutrix Pia Fidelis [·· ? ··awarded military] honours [by emperors] Antoninus and Verus [Augusti·· ? ··] a silver banner, [·· ? ··] a crown for breaching a rampart, a crown for breaching a wall, quaestor [·· ? ··], the Lepcitanians (set this up) on account of his generosity.

(d. and e.) not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

a-c, 3: imperatores Antoninus et Verus: presumably in the Parthian war of 162-164.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.18)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXII.18)

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