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LSA-2171 Lost fragmentary base for statue of vicar (name lost). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 300-318








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Lepcis Magna Province: Tripolitania Region: North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details: Severan Forum
Current Location: formerly in a taberna on eastern side of Severan Forum, currently missing
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Form: Unknown Height(cm): 43 Width(cm): 24 Depth(cm): 13.5
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: A vicar, name lost Position: Civilian Imperial Office-Holders Gender: Male
Awarder: Name lost Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest : 318
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 355-6, no. 25

Reynolds, J. M. & J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania. In collaboration with S. Aurigemma, R. Bartoccini, G. Caputo, R. Goodchild, P. Romanelli, Roma 1952, no. 978

INSCRIPTION
Text: - - - - - -/ [..]V[- - -] / v(iro) p(erfectissimo) age[nti vices] / praeff(ectorum) [praetorio] / ob in[- - -] /(5) [..]pa[- - -] Trans: To …, of perfectissimus rank, acting in the place of the praetorian prefects...on account of his...
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