Description:
Cornice block of Proconnesian
marble, moulded above, the moulding
and the lower edge badly chipped
(w:
2.47 x h:
0.17 x d:
0.49).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Truncated, 0.03; finely cut.
Date: Second century CE
Findspot:
Taucheira:
East Church, probably cut down and re-used as an anta in the main door;
found in 1926.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tocra Museum
Italian translation
Translation source: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
(essendo- di?) Marcelliano proconsole -
English translation
Translation by: Editors
. . . -]lianus proconsul . . .
Commentary
It is very tempting to associate this inscription with the attested proconsul Numisius Marcellianus, PIR2, N 211 (see C.143, C.220, C.221, C.305, and C.299, dated under a M. Aurelius Antoninus (probably under Marcus Aurelius but possibly Caracalla); but the identification, although attractive, is not certain. Applebaum, op. cit 182, sees here a work of reconstruction after the Jewish Revolt. See T.10, b.3 for a Μαρκελλιανός at Teucheira (possibly Hadrianic, status undefined).
Bibliography: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 287 , p. 197, pl. LXX, fig.28 (drawing only), whence SEG 9.543; discussed Applebaum, 1950a.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Department of Antiquities, E 658)