Editor: D.Espinosa Espinosa

Text:

[Lar]ibus Augusteis et Genio Caesa[ris]

[lib]erorumque eius C(aius) Publilius

[Phil]argurus sevir primus et prior

(BERNABÒ BREA – CAVALIER – CAMPAGNA 2003 = I.Lipara 758)

Translation: “Caius Publilius Philargurus, the first and foremost sevir (Augustalis) to the Lares of Augustus and the Genius of Caesar and his children (performs this dedication)”. (D.Espinosa Espinosa)

Find Spot: Lipari, reused as a window sill in an old house behind the church of San Giuseppe; acquired by B. Mandarano and delivered to the Archaeological Museum in 1979

Support: block of volcanic stone of Fuardo, entire parallelepiped with development in length (h. 17,4 cm; w. 69,8 cm; d. 24,5 cm)

Inventory No./Current location: Lipari, Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano “Luigi Bernabò Brea”, no. 17784

Dating: 12 BC – 2 AD (EDR081546 et alii)

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