Base for statue of Lucius Aemilius Quintus, provincial notable, envoy and priest. Sabratha (Tripolitania). 383-388
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Sabratha
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Found in front of curia
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
140
Width(cm):
75
Depth(cm):
70
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucius Aemilius Quintus
Position:
Religious Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
people and council of Sabratha by decree of the province of Tripolitania
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
383
Latest :
388
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1950, 149
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, 111
INSCRIPTION
Text:
L(uci) Aemili Quinti fl(aminis) p̣(er)p̣(etui) / quod laborem continu[u]m / pro prouinciae suae / necessitate sustinuit / (5) et quod miserias com-/ munes sacris aurib(us) / intimabit et remedium / meruit ordo et popul(us) / splendidae col(oniae) Sabrat(hensis) / (10) secundum decreta totius / prouinc(iae) dedic(auerunt) cur(ante) / Fl(auio) Venantio
Trans:
(In honour) of Lucius Aemilius Quintus, perpetual flamen (priest), because he made continual effort to meet the needs of his province and because he brought its shared misfortunes to the sacred (i.e. imperial) ears and obtained a remedy; the city council and the people of the splendid colony of Sabratha, in accordance with the decrees of the whole province, dedicated (this); Flavius Venantius took charge (of the work). (transl. Ch. Roueché)
