Tetrapylon with dedication of biga to Porfyrius, local notable. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Later third century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Macellum, near the southern side of the northern tholos
Current Location:
in situ
OBJECT
Object:
Other
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Gate/Arch
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Porfyrius
Position:
Benefactors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Lepcis
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
250
Latest :
300
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 408-412, no. 50, figs. 7.10-11, 10.57, pl. XVII
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. 603
INSCRIPTION
Text:
- - - - - -? / amatori patriae et civium suor[um quod] ex indulgentia sacra / civibus suis feras dentatas quattuor vivas donavit / ex decreto splendidissimi ordinis bigam decrev(eru)nt / Porfyri . Porfyri
Trans:
To ... lover of his fatherland and of his fellow-citizens. Because, by sacred indulgence, he donated to his citizens four living teethed wild beasts, they have decreed, by decree of the most splendid council (ordo) a two-horse chariot (biga). Porfyrius, Porfyrius.
