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source date: 71 CE, second half
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Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus puntifex[^1] maximus tribunicia putestate III[^2] imperator VIII pater patriae consul III, designatus IV per Quintum Paconium Agrippeinum legatum suum Populo Romano Ptolmaeum restituit

[^1: sic]

[^2: sic]

Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Οὐεσπασιανὸς ἀρχιερεὺς μέγιστος, δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας τὸ γ, Αὐτοκράτωρ τὸ η, πατὴρ πατρίδος, ὕπατος τὸ γ, ἀποδεδειγμένος τὸ δ διὰ Κοΐντου Πακωνίου Ἀγριππείνου ἰδίου πρεσβευτοῦ Δήμῳ Ῥωμαίων τὸ Πτυλυμαῖου ἀποκατέστησεν

Translation

a:[^3]: [Emperor Caesar Vespasian Au]gustus, pontifex maximus, holding tribunician power for the third time, acclaimed imperator for the eighth time, father of the fatherland, consul three times, designated for a fourth time, through his personal envoy Q(uintus) Paconius Agrippinus restored the Ptolemaion to the Roman People.

[^3: Latin]

b:[^4]: [Emperor Caesar Ve]spasian, pontifex maximus, holding tribunician power for the third time, acclaimed imperator for the eighth time, father of the fatherland, consul three times, designated for a fourth time, through his personal envoy K(ointos) Pakonios Agrippeinos restored the Ptolemaion to the Roman People.

[^4: Greek]

l’empereur César Vespasien Auguste, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunicienne pour la troisième fois, salué empereur pour la huitième fois, père de la patrie, consul pour la troisième année et désigné pour la quatrième, par l’intermédiaire de son légat Quintus Paconius Agrippinus a fait restituer au peuple romain le Ptolmaeum.

Commentary

Cf. C.429, C.430 from the same area

A moderately competent letterer produced reasonable monumental lettering but had problems with spelling; he was clearly not adept at Latin.

The second half of 71, see on C.429.

Q. Paconius Agrippinus, for whom see PIR2 P 0027, was active in Cyrenaica under Vespasian, 71-74 CE: see C.147, C.428, C.429, C.430, C.438, C.747, M.68, M.165, M.229, M.230, M.232, M.238, M.239, P.397.

On Ptolmaeum/Πτυλυμαῖον see on C.429, and C. Dobias-Lalou, art.cit.: the name must describe one of the royal estates claimed for the Populus Romanus.