IRT 00601b = IRT-S, 00024

Item

Text Category
Inscription: base
Century Range
Location of Display
Africa Proconsularis: Lepcis Magna
Reference
IRT 00601b = IRT-S, 00024
Quotation
[Q]uod expostulantibus universis decurio/nibus uti Plautio Lupo o(ptimo) o(rdinis) n(ostri) vir(o) biga de pub(lico) / collocetur q(uid) d(e) e(a) r(e) f(ieri) p(laceret) c(ensentis) L(uci) Cassi Longini II/vir(i) desig(nati) q(uid) p(laceret) c(irca) i(d) f(ieri) dec(uriones) i(ta) c(ensuerunt) cum Plautius Lupus / o(ptimus) o(rdinis) n(ostri) vir cum flamonium consensu / omnium sibi delatum libenter suscepis/set opulentissimos ludos ediderit sing/u(lariter)q(ue) magnificentissima liberalitate pro/meruerit in IIviratus quoq(ue) honore om/nia secundum splendorem natalium / [s]uorum dignitatemq(ue) col(oniae) n(ostrae) egerit et / [e]ffusissimis adfectibus iterum splen/didissimos ludos ediderit nec contentus / his liberalitatibus cellam thermar(um) / marmorib(us) Numidicis et opere musaeo ex/ornaverit omni deinde occasione singul(ariter) / [p]romeruerit et proxime cum ad munus publ(icum) / [e]x t(estamento) Iuni Afri c(larissimae) m(emoriae) viri edendum curator e/le[c]tus esset sollicitudini laboriq(ue) suo non pe/percerit et observata amplissimi senatus / voluntate splendidissime munus edi curaveri[t] / debentque huiusmodi adfectus / remunerari ut reliqui quoque ad eamdem volup/[tat]em sollicitari possint placere Plautio Lupo / o(ptimo) o(rdinis) n(ostri) v(iro) [bi]gam de publ(ico) ubi volet collocari pos/[t Plau]tius Lupus de suo collocaturum se dixit
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Baths
Object/ Person Ornamented
The cella (main chamber?) of the baths
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Mosaic
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Visual Work: Sculpture
Visual Work: Revetment
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Numidian marbles (could be used for revetment, sculpture, or architectural features such as columns) and mosaic
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Plautius Lupus
Bibliography
Reynolds and Ward-Perkins 1952
Reynolds 1955
Notes
Currently held at Khoms, Leptis Magna Archaeological Museum
Item Identifier
A01776
Determination
Derived directly from text