Base for statue of Lucius Aemilius Quintus, envoy and priest (previously used for LSA-2191). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 383-388.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, east portico
Current Location:
in situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
125
Width(cm):
65
Depth(cm):
65
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucius Aemilius Quintus, priest
Position:
Other Provincial Honorands
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Lepcis
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
383
Latest :
388
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 433-5, no. 60, figs. 7.14, 10.68, pl. XVI
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. 588
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Quintii fl(aminis) p(er)p(etui) sac(erdotalis). / Ob meritum labo/ris et legationis / perfectae, /(5) L(ucio) Aemilio Quinto, fl(amini) p(er)p(etuo), / sacerdotali, / ordo splendidis/simus civitatis / Lepcimagnensium /(10) dedit.
Trans:
(Statue of) Quintus, perpetual flamen and priest. On account of the merit of his labour and of the mission (legatio) completed, to Lucius Aemilius Quintus, perpetual flamen and priest. The most splendid council (ordo) of the city of Leptis Magna has given [this].
