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LSA-2011 Fragmentary plaque, possibly from statue base, with dedication to Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans, emperors Emerita Augusta (Lusitania). 337-340.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Emerita Augusta Province: Lusitania Region: Iberian peninsula
Details: Found during excavations in 1920-5, in the <i>carceres</i> of the circus of Emerita Augusta
Current Location: Mérida, National Archaeological Museum (no published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Form: Unknown Height(cm): 71 Width(cm): 100 Depth(cm): 5
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantine II, Constantius II, Constans Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Not recorded Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 337 Latest : 340
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1975, 473

Ramírez Sádaba, J. L., Catálogo de las inscripciones imperiales de Augusta Emerita, Mérida 2003, no. 64
INSCRIPTION
Text: [Ddd(ominis) nn]n(ostris) Flavi[o Claudio Con]stanti[no, maximo debel]latori e[t victori] / [gentium barbararum, et Flavi]o [Iulio Constantio], et / [F]lav[io Iulio Co]ns[tanti, victoribus fortissimisque sem]per Augu[stis]. Trans: To our lords, Flavius Claudius Constantinus, the greatest conqueror and victor over the barbarian tribes, Flavius Iulius Constantius, and Flavius Iulius Constans, victorious and most powerful, forever Augusti.
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