Inscription Database

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

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD059418 (Last Updates: 2014-05-21, Bigi)

Transcription Majuscle
Curni CVRNI
 
L(ucio) Volusio Basso Caereali L VOLVSIO BASSO CAEREALI
c(larissimo) v(iro) et co(n)s(ulari) cur(atori) rei p(ublicae) suae C V ET COS CVR REI P SVAE
quae(!) inter cetera ope- QVAE INTER CETERA OPE
ra quae industria et la- RA QVAE INDVSTRIA ET LA
bore maximo renovavit BORE MAXIMO RENOVAVIT
Ulpiam basilicam cum [-]O- VLPIAM BASILICAM CVM [ ]O
R[---]VS in meliorem faci- R[ ]VS IN MELIOREM FACI
em publico sumptu resti- EM PVBLICO SVMPTV RESTI
tuit gratiam afferen- TVIT GRATIAM AFFEREN
tes Lepcitani publice TES LEPCITANI PVBLICE
 
Λέπκις ἡ Μεγάλη φιλ(ε)ῖ σε Ῥώμη ΛΕΠΚΙΣ Η ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΦΙΛΙ ΣΕ ΡΩΜΗ
 
Genio GENIO
coloniae COLONIAE
Lepcis LEPCIS
Magnae MAGNAE
Crescentina f(ecit?) CRESCENTINA F
Chronological Data:
271 AD – 350 AD
Literature:
  • IRT 543.
  • IRT 282.
  • I. Tantillo - F. Bigi (Hrsg.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana (Cassino 2010) 401-404, Nr. 46; 475-477, Nr. 84; fig. 10.99 u. fig. 10.100; tav. 22; fig. 10.53 (Zeichnung).

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Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Libya
ancient find spot:
Lepcis Magna
modern find spot:
Al Khums
find spot:
modern region:

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
honorific inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
base
material:
Marmor
height:
155 cm
width:
90 cm
depth:
90 cm
letter size:
4.5-7 cm

Historical relevant data

geography:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Base used three times: IRT 543 carved on the original text erased; then IRT 282 on the opposite face. Buchstabenhöhe: IRT 543: 4.5-7; IRT 282: 5. Datierung: IRT 543: ca. 295-305; IRT 282: konstantinischer Zeit. Interpunktion: IRT 282: Palmette.

People

Person 1
Name:
Curni L. Volusio Basso Caereali
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Volusius
Cognomen:
Bassus Caerealis
Supernomen:
Curnius
gender:
male
Status:
senatorial order
Person 2
Name:
Crescentina
Cognomen:
Crescentina
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD059418
Work Status:
checked through autopsy
Last Update:
2014-05-21 by Bigi
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