Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD031039 (Last Updates: 2014-05-20, Bigi)

Transcription Majuscle
L(ucio) Volusio Basso Cereali L VOLVSIO BASSO CEREALI
c(larissimo) v(iro) legato totius C V LEGATO TOTIVS
innocentiae et INNOCENTIAE ET
aequitatis et consi- AEQVITATIS ET CONSI
milis moderatio- MILIS MODERATIO
nis viro NIS VIRO
Lepcimagnenses ex de- LEPCIMAGNENSES EX DE
creto ordinis mu- CRETO ORDINIS MV
nicipi et patrono perpetuo NICIPI ET PATRONO PERPETVO
Chronological Data:
290 AD – 294 AD
Literature:
  • B.E. Thomasson, Fasti Africani. Senatorische und ritterliche Amtsträger in den römischen Provinzen Nordafrikas von Augustus bis Diokletian (Stockholm 1996) 124, Nr. 78.
  • IRT 544.
  • AE 1982, 0925. (B)
  • C. Lepelley, Les cités de l'Afrique romaine en Bas-Empire 2 (Paris 1981) 351-352 u. Anm. 74. - AE 1982.
  • C. Lepelley, ZPE 43, 1981, 188-190, Nr. 4. - AE 1982.
  • I. Tantillo - F. Bigi (Hrsg.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana (Cassino 2010) 353-355, Nr. 24; fig. 10.28; tav. 8.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

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

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
honorific inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
base
material:
Marmor
height:
122 cm
width:
68 cm
depth:
55 cm
letter size:
4-5 cm

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Historical relevant data

geography:
present

Commentary

 
The inscription is carved over an erased earlier text (of which traces remain). (B): AE 1982: Z. 8-9: mu/nicipi patrono. Z. 8-9: mu/nicipi et in ligature.

People

Person 1
Name:
L. Volusio Basso Cereali
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Volusius
Cognomen:
Bassus Cerealis
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD031039
Work Status:
checked through autopsy
Last Update:
2014-05-20 by Bigi
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