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LSA-1150 Base for statue of Galerius, emperor. Bostra (Arabia). 293-305








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Bostra Province: Arabia Region: Near East, with Cyprus
Details: Environs of the great city gate
Current Location: South of the eastern city gate (Bab al-Hawa)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? No
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 97 Width(cm): 52 Depth(cm): 50
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Galerius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Marcus Aurelius Aelianus, governor of Arabia Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 293 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
Sartre, M., Bostra: nos 9001 à 9472 (Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, vol. 13, fasc. 1), Paris 1982, pp. 130-1 no. 9060 pl. XI
INSCRIPTION
Text: Fort(issimo) [d](omino) n(ostro) Gal(erio) Val(erio) / Maximiano / (3) nob(ilissimo) Caes(ari) / M(arcus) Aur(elius) Aelianus / (5) [v(ir)] p(erfectissimus) praes(es) provinc(iae) / Ạṛab(iae) devot(us) num(ini) (maiestatique eius) Trans: Marcus Aurelius Aelianus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Arabia (set this up) to our most powerful Lord Galerius Valerius Maximianus the most noble Caesar, devoted to his divine spirit and his majesty
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