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LSA-1510 Base for statue of Coelia Concordia (LSA-1296), chief Vestal Virgin. Rome. 385.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Found in 1591 in the Vigna Cesi at the ‘Arco di S. Vito’ near Sta. Maria Maggiore
Current Location: Unknown
OBJECT
Object: Base, for marble statue Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Coelia Concordia, chief Vestal Virgin Position: Religious Office-Holders Gender: Female
Awarder: Fabia Aconia Paulina Position: Others
DATE
Earliest: 385 Latest : 385
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 2145

INSCRIPTION
Text: Coeliae Concordiae, virgini / Vestali maximae. Fabia Pau/lina, c(larissima) f(emina), statuam facien/dam conlocandamque /(5) curavit, cum propter / egregiam eius pudici/tiam insignemque / circa cultum divinum / sanctitatem tum quod /(10) haec prior eius viro / Vettio Agorio Praetexta/to, v(iro) c(larissimo), omnia singulari / dignoque etiam ab huius /(14) modi virginibus et sa/cerdotibus coli statu/am conlocarat.

Trans: To Coelia Concordia, chief vestal virgin. Fabia Paulina, of clarissimus rank, took care of the making and setting up of this statue, on account of her outstanding purity and remarkable piety concerning divine reverence, and because she [Coelia] had previously arranged a statue to be dedicated to her [Fabia’s] husband, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, of clarissimus rank, unique and deserving above all things, by the virgins and priests of her order.
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