Plaque from base for statue of Lucius Publilius Celsus Patruinus, curator of Canusium. From Herdonia (Apulia et Calabria). 260-350.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Herdonia
Province:
Apulia et Calabria
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found at località Santa Felicità, uncertain provenance
Current Location:
Cerignola, cortile del Palazzo Cirillo (già Coccia), corso Garibaldi, n. 41
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
98
Width(cm):
70
Depth(cm):
20
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucius Publilius Celsus Patruinus, curator and patron of Canusium
Position:
Provincial City Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and people (ordo populusque) of Canusium
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
260
Latest :
350
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 688
Chelotti, M. et alii, Le Epigrafi Romane di Canosa, Bari 1990, I, App. I,7
Silvestrini, M., Un itinerario epigrafico lungo la via Traiana. Aeca, Herdoniae, Canusium, Bari 1999, Ca 6
INSCRIPTION
Text:
L(ucio) Publilio Cel/so Patruino, / consulari viro, / curatori rei p(ublicae), ob /(5) singularem iusti/tiam apstinentiam/que (sic, for ‘abstinentiamque’) pariter et hono/rificentia(m) / eius, or/do populusque Ca/nusinorum patrono.
Trans:
To Lucius Publilius Celsus Patruinus, of consular rank, curator of the city (res publica), on account of his unequalled justice and integrity and honour; the council (ordo) and people of Canusium [set this up] to [their] patron.
