Lost base for equestrian statue of Quintus Attius Granius Caelestinus, governor of Baetica. Malaca (Baetica). 357
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Malaca
Province:
Baetica
Region:
Iberian peninsula
Details:
The inscripton was built into a corner of an arch of the Puerta de Caba in Malaga
Current Location:
Now lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for equestrian statue
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Height(cm):
147
Width(cm):
60
Depth(cm):
Language:
Text Type:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Quintus Attius Granius Caelestinus, governor of Baetica and patron of Malaca
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of the city of Malaca, with the agreement of the whole province
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
357
Latest :
357
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , II 1972 (with amendments)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[Ob me]rita virtutum omnium, quae / [per ad]ministrationem [provin]ciae / [totius] e(t) per [r]ectionem sui [---]NIV[---] / [---]M providerunt / [---]ARS bonitatis / [ad]que laudabilis prudentiae / [---]ientiae singularis eloquen/[tiae] atque exaltationis eximiae / [--- Q(uinti) At]ti Grani Cael[es]tini, v(iri) c(larissimi), cons(ularis), / [con]sensu totius p[r]ovinciae, / [stat]uam marmoream / [eque]strem ordo civitatis / [Ma]lacitane, patrono / [in]ocintessimo (sic) ac / [p]ientissimo, posuit / [---]NV[---] / [---]AV[---]
Trans:
For the merits of all virtues, which provided ... through the administration of the whole province and his governance .... of goodness and laudible prudence, ..., of singular eloquence and outstanding exaltation, the council (ordo) of the city of Malaca, with the agreement of the whole province, set up this marble equestrian statue of Quintus Attius Granius Caelestinus, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis), to a most blameless and most pious patron.
