Inscription Database

Honorific inscription from Lepcis Magna – Al Khums (Africa Proconsularis)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD059411 (Last Updates: 2014-05-21, Bigi)

Transcription Majuscle
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[Cl]audio A[---] [ ]AVDIO A[ ]
[---] proconsuli p[rovinci]ae [ ] PROCONSVLI P[ ]AE
[Afr]icae omnium virtutum [ ]ICAE OMNIVM VIRTVTVM
viro innocentis integri- VIRO INNOCENTIS INTEGRI
tatis vicoratae lenitatis TATIS VICORATAE LENITATIS
sublimis moderation[i]s SVBLIMIS MODERATION[ ]S
laudavilis(!) iustitiae LAVDAVILIS IVSTITIAE
Lepcimagnenses ex de- LEPCIMAGNENSES EX DE
creto ordinis patrono CRETO ORDINIS PATRONO
perpetuo PERPETVO
Chronological Data:
290 AD – 395 AD
Literature:
  • IRT 522.
  • IRT 610; pl. 9, 1.
  • IRT 477.
  • I. Tantillo - F. Bigi (Hrsg.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana (Cassino 2010) 335 u. 336, Nr. 13; 349 u. 350, Nr. 22; 381-383, Nr. 36; fig. 10.15; fig. 10.41 u. fig. 10.42; tav. 6;
  • fig. 10.14 u. fig. 10.26 (Zeichnungen). (B)
  • AE 1957, 0235. (B)
  • AE 1957, 0237.
  • J. Reynolds, PBSR 23, 1955, 130. - AE 1957, 0235.
  • J. Reynolds, PBSR 23, 1955, 131. - AE 1957, 0237.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Libya
ancient find spot:
Lepcis Magna
modern find spot:
Al Khums
find spot:
modern region:

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
honorific inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
statue base
material:
Marmor
height:
(110) cm
width:
82 cm
depth:
82 cm
letter size:
3.5-4.5 cm

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

geography:
present

Commentary

 
(B): AE 1957, 0235: Z. 2: [ex] proconsule. (B): Tantillo - Bigi, Nr. 36: Z. 11: spl(endissimi). Buchstabenhöhe: IRT 522: 3.5; IRT 610: 4.5; IRT 477: 4. Datierung: IRT 522: 290-294; IRT 610: 321-360; IRT 477: 379-395. Interpunktion: IRT 522: hedera; IRT 477: Palmette. The base has been used four times: first text erased, then IRT 522, then IRT 610 and last IRT 477 on the erased earlier text. Inschriftträger: column pedestal reused as statue base.

People

Person 1
Name:
[T. Cl]audio A[ur. Aristobulo]
Praenomen:
T.+
Nomen:
Claudius+ Aurelius+*
Cognomen:
Aristobulus+
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order
Person 2
Name:
Ae[---]
Nomen:
[---]
Cognomen:
Ae[---]
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
Person 3
Name:
Fl. Theodosio
Nomen:
Flavius*
Cognomen:
Theodosius
gender:
male
Status:
emperor / imperial household

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD059411
Work Status:
checked through autopsy
Last Update:
2014-05-21 by Bigi
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