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LSA-1527 Fragment of marble plaque from base for statue (subject unstated), restored by Vettius Iunius Valentinus, prefect of the City. Rome. 455-476








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Found re-used on Caelian hill near church of S. Saba
Current Location: Forum Romanum, Lapidario Forense, chiostro superiore
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 53 Width(cm): 90 Depth(cm): 5
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Not stated Position: Gender: Unknown
Awarder: Vettius Iunius Valentinus, prefect of the City Position: Prefects of Rome
DATE
Earliest: 455 Latest : 476
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 31890=37106=41403
INSCRIPTION
Text: [Vet]ṭịus Ịunius / Valentinus, urbị / praefectus, hostili / impẹtụ ṣụ[b]ḷata / ------.

 Trans: Vettius Iunius Valentinus, prefect of the City, [restored the statue] that suffered the enemy attack…
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