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Lost base for bronze statue of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus, praetorian prefect. Athens (Achaea). 368-388
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Athens
Province:
Achaea
Region:
Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details:
Plaka, north of the Tower of the Winds
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Cylindrical
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Greek
Text Type:
Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Sextus Petronius Probus
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Anatolius
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
368
Latest :
388
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Graecae
, II/III(2) 13275
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Εἰκόνι χαλκείῃ σε Πρόβον τὸν ὓπαρχον, Ἀθήναις / Ἀντόλιος [στῆ]σεν, Ἑλλάδος ἀνθύπατος.
Trans:
In a bronze portrait, Probus, the prefect; [here] in Athens Anatolius, the governor (proconsul) of Hellas set you up.
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