Lost base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Thabbora (Africa Proconsularis). 313
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thabbora
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found re-used in the Byzantine fortress
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Other
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
55
Width(cm):
40
Depth(cm):
50
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
City of Thabbora
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
313
Latest :
314
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 23897
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 170
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Flavio Vale/rio Constantino, pio, / felici, invicto Aug(usto), pon(tifici) / max(imo), tribun(icia) potes(tate) (ivy leaf) / (5) VIIII, co(n)s(uli) III, imp(eratori) VII, p(atri) p(atriae), pro/co(n)s(uli), municipium felix / Thabbora, numini / maiestatique eius / devotum.
Trans:
To the emperor Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantinus, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus, highest priest, holding tribunician power eight times, consul three times, acclaimed victor (imperator) seven times, father of the fatherland, proconsul. The fortunate city (municipium) of Thabbora, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
