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LSA-1892 Base for statue of Valentinian I, emperor. From Sululos (Africa Proconsularis). 364-375








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Sululos Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found 6 kilometres north of the ruins of Bir-el-Ach
Current Location: Bardo museum (Inv. no. D 990-1)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): 95 Width(cm): 55 Depth(cm): 45
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Valentinian I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Sululos Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 364 Latest : 375
MAIN REFERENCE
Ben Abdallah, Z. B., Catalogue des inscriptions latines païenne du Musée du Bardo, Rome 1986, no. 189

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 167
INSCRIPTION
Text: [D(omino) n(ostro), Fl(avio) Valent]iniano, pio, / [fel(ici), vict]ori ac trium/[fatori], semper / [Au]g(usto), / (5) [mu]nicipium Sululos, / [de]votum numini / maiestatique / eius. Trans: To our lord Flavius Valentinianus, pious, fortunate, victorious and triumphant, forever Augustus; the city (municipium) of Sululos, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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