Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD059370 (Last Updates: 2014-05-21, Bigi)

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Heraclii HERACLII
Dignissimo principali DIGNISSIMO PRINCIPALI
innocentissimo puero INNOCENTISSIMO PVERO
T(ito) Flavio Vibiano Iuniori T FLAVIO VIBIANO IVNIORI
pontifici du(u)mviro filio ac PONTIFICI DVMVIRO FILIO AC
collegae T(iti) Flavi Frontini COLLEGAE T FLAVI FRONTINI
Heraclii in parvulis annis HERACLII IN PARVVLIS ANNIS
exhibenti aequaliter EXHIBENTI AEQVALITER
voluptatum genera patris VOLVPTATVM GENERA PATRIS
sui studiis populi sufragio SVI STVDIIS POPVLI SVFRAGIO
et decreto ordinis ET DECRETO ORDINIS
 
Divina stirpe progenito DIVINA STIRPE PROGENITO
d(omino) n(ostro) fortissimo principi D N FORTISSIMO PRINCIPI
Valentiniano victori Pio VALENTINIANO VICTORI PIO
Felici ac triumphatori FELICI AC TRIVMPHATORI
semper Augusto SEMPER AVGVSTO
Fl(avius) Vivius Benedictus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) FL VIVIVS BENEDICTVS V P
pr(a)eses provinciae PRESES PROVINCIAE
Tripolitanae numini TRIPOLITANAE NVMINI
maiestatique eius MAIESTATIQVE EIVS
semper devotus SEMPER DEVOTVS
Chronological Data:
331 AD – 378 AD
Literature:
  • IRT 595.
  • IRT 652.
  • IRT 476.
  • I. Tantillo - F. Bigi (Hrsg.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana (Cassino 2010) 334, Nr. 12, 420-422, Nr. 55; fig. 10.62; fig. 10.63 (Zeichnung).
  • CIL 08, 00012. (B)
  • CIL 08, 22671. (B)
  • CIL 08, 00014. (B)
  • CIL 08, 10994. (B)
  • CIL 08, 22673. (B)

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Libya
ancient find spot:
Lepcis Magna
modern find spot:
Al Khums
find spot:
modern region:
year of find:
1694
present location:
Al Khums, Lepcis Magna Museum (Depot)

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
honorific inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
statue base
material:
Marmor
height:
(36) cm
width:
(23) cm
depth:
(47) cm
letter size:
3.5 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
cult functions, pagan
geography:
present

Commentary

 
IRT 595 and 652 are the same inscription. IRT 476 was subsequently carved on the reversed face of IRT 595. Datierungen: IRT 595: spätkonstantinische Zeit; IRT 476: 378 n. Chr. (B): CIL 08, 00012, CIL 08, 22671: Z. 6: Flavius Benedictus. (B): CIL 08, 00014, CIL 08, 10994, CIL 08, 22673: Z. 5-6: filio / ac colleg(a)e, Z. 8: exibenti, Z. 10: suffragio.

People

Person 1
Name:
Heraclii T. Flavio Vibiano Iuniori
Praenomen:
T.
Nomen:
Flavius
Cognomen:
Vibianus Iunior
Supernomen:
Heraclius
gender:
male
Status:
decurial order, higher local offices
Person 2
Name:
T. Flavi Frontini Heraclii
Praenomen:
T.
Nomen:
Flavius
Cognomen:
Frontinus Heraclius
Supernomen:
-
gender:
male
Status:
decurial order, higher local offices
Person 3
Name:
Valentiniano
Cognomen:
Valentinianus
gender:
male
Status:
emperor / imperial household
Person 4
Name:
Fl. Vivius Benedictus
Nomen:
Flavius* Vivius
Cognomen:
Benedictus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD059370
Work Status:
checked through autopsy
Last Update:
2014-05-21 by Bigi
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