581. Fragmentary honours

Description:
Fragment from the left side of a marble base (w: 0.37 x h: 0.30 x d: 0.13). 
Text:
Inscribed within a moulded panel. 
Letters:
Fourth century A.D. capitals: 0.037-0.035. 
Date:
Fourth century A.D. (lettering).  
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Theatre.  
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) 
[---]
2fl(amini) p(er)p(etuo) pont[ifici]
sacerdotal[i ·· ? ··]
ob meritum o[ptimi(?)]
5eiusdem praesi[dis]
ex populi sufr[agiis] (sic)
[---]
[---]
2FLPPPONT[······]
SACERDOTAL[···· ? ··]
OBMERITVMO[······(?)]
5EIVSDEMPRAESI[····]
EXPOPVLISVFR[······](sic)
[---]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
fl
</abbr>
<ex>
amini
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
er
</ex>
<abbr>
p
</abbr>
<ex>
etuo
</ex>
</expan>
pont
<supplied reason="lost" >
ifici
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
sacerdotal
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
ob
meritum
o
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ptimi
</supplied>
<lb n="5" />
eiusdem
praesi
<supplied reason="lost" >
dis
</supplied>
<lb n="6" />
ex
populi
sufr
<supplied reason="lost" >
agiis
</supplied>
<note>
sic
</note>
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" />
</ab>

Translation:

[To ·· ? ··], perpetual flamen (priest), pontifex(priest), ?ex-priest, [?of the province of Tripolitania] on account of the deserts of the same [best] governor; in accordance with the votes of the people [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1623 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1623 Leica)

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