Inscriptions from Pisidian Antioch

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Great analysis!

The inscription reads:

L.CALPVRNIVS.
TRIB.LEG.XXIIII V
CVM.SIGNIS.DEDIT

I'm not sure that the second line indicates that he served in a legio XXIIII. The terminology 'tribunus legionis [Number]' is pretty rare in early inscriptions. There are only a handful of examples from the Augustan period, and none from triumviral era inscriptions (or even from inscriptions datable to the early or mid Augustan period) that I'm aware of: the "militum" is almost always attached. I'd be more inclined to read the second line as "trib(unus) leg(ionis) XXII, II u[(ir) - - -]", particularly as there seems to be a gap between the second and third vertical strokes of the "IIII". This would still make the inscription pretty early, from before the creation of XXII Primigenia under Caligula (given the fact that this is an Eastern officer, he almost certainly served in Legio XXII (Deiotariana) in Egypt).

It does seem to have slipped through the net though, as it's not in PME either (or at least, in the list of officers of either Legio XXII in volume VI).

Blue skies

Tom

EDIT: Just in case it wasn't clear from the above, "IIuir" indicates the municipal post of duouir, generally the start of the municipal cursus (further edit: sorry, this is probably over explaining things - it's late, and I'm not thinking straight ). It was quite common in this period for prominent equestrians in the Eastern provinces to hold a military tribunate, in a legion stationed in the East, before returning to municipal life.