Lost base for bronze statue of Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, prefect of the City; erected to its patron by the guild of shippers (navicularii). Rome. 357-360
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Found behind Lateran basilica, towards Sancta Sanctorum, re-used in wall; it was possibly from his house
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome or Constantinople
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Guild of shippers (Corpus naviculariorum)
Position:
Guilds
DATE
Earliest:
357
Latest :
360
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1740 (+p. 4748)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Honori. / Mem[m]io Vitrasio Orfito, v(iro) c(larissimo), / nobilitate et actibus prae/cipuo, praefecto urbi et / iterum praef(ecto) urb(i), [pro]co(n)s(uli) Africae /(5) ac tertio sacrar(um) cognitionum / iudici, comiti ordinis primi / iterum intra consistorium, leg/ato secundo difficillimis temp/oribus petitu senatus et p(opuli) R(omani), /(10) com(iti) ord(inis) II expeditiones bel/licas gubernanti, co(n)s(ulari) provin(ciae) / Si[c]iliae, pontif(ici) deae Vestae, / XVviro s(acris) f(aciundis), pontif(ici) dei Solis, / co(n)s(uli), praetori, q(uaestori) [k(andidato)]. /(15) Corpus naviculariorum / statuam sub aere / constituit.
Trans:
(Statue) of Honorius. To Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, of clarissimus rank, distinguished by birth and deeds, prefect of the city, and again prefect of the city, governor (proconsul) of Africa and three times judge in the imperial court of appeal, count of the first order, and for the second time count in the imperial consistory, a second legate in difficult times by petition of the Senate and Roman people, count of the second order directing military expeditions, governor (consularis) of the province of Sicily, priest of the goddess Vesta, member of the college of fifteen men for sacred affairs, priest of the Sun god, suffect consul, praetor, quaestor (candidatus). The corporation of shippers set up a bronze statue.
