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
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).
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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