253. Honours for P. Aelius Septimius Mannus, governor

Description

Monument: Upper part of a simple white marble base shaft without moulding (0.52 × 0.455 × 0.42).
Text: Inscribed on the face; the text must have begun on an upper feature.
Letters: Standard third century forms, 0.025-0.03. Ligature: ΝΗ (l.5). There are apices over initial aspirated vowels, including the initial Α of ἁπάσης (l. 9).
Date: Mid third century (lettering, offices, language).

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	[?ὁ δῆμος]
	Πόπλιον Αἴλιον
	Σεπτίμιον
	Μάννον stop τὸν
	λαμπρότατον ἡ-
5	γεμόνα ὑπατι-
	κόν stop ἔνδοξον
	ἀνδρεῖον ἁγνὸν
	φιλάνθρωπον stop δι'
	ἁπάσης ἥκοντα
10	ἀρετῆς τὸν ἑαυ-
	τοῦ εὐεργέτη[ν]
	[...]

Translation

[So-and-so honoured] Publius Aelius Septimius Mannus, the clarissimus, governor (praeses), consular, distinguished, brave, pure, generous, having achieved all virtue, his/its benefactor [...]

Photographs

Face (1988) Top of block (1993)

Commentary

The honouring body was a single masculine entity; while this could have been a grateful individual, it is perhaps more likely that such an important text was put up by the demos.

See discussion at I.15.

For Publius Aelius Septimius Mannus see List of Governors Mannus.

Locations

Found: Basilica: Loose find in a field wall west of Basilica.
Original: Unknown.
Last Recorded: Museum.

History

Recording: Found by the NYU expedition in 1988 (88.24, statue base index 87).
Bibliography: Published by •Roueché (1996) 231, whence SEG 1996.1394.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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