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LSA-14
Base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Gerasa (Arabia). 284-305
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Gerasa
Province:
Arabia
Region:
Near East, with Cyprus
Details:
Gerasa, Great baths
Current Location:
Not recorded
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Diocletian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Domitius Antoninus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
284
Latest :
305
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum;
, III suppl 2, 14156(2)
Welles, C. B., The Inscriptions,
Gerasa. City of the Decapolis (ed. by C. H. Kraeling)
, New Haven 1938, 355-616
,
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imperatori Caesari, Gaio / Valerio Diocletiano, / invicto Aug(usto), / Domitius Antoninus, / v(ir) p(erfectissimus), pr(aeses) pr(ovinciae), divotus (sic) nomini (sic) / maiestatique hus (sic).
Trans:
To the emperor Caesar, Caius Valerius Diocletianus, the unconquered Augustus, Domitius Antoninus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (
praeses
) of the province [of Arabia], devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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