Base for reerected statue of Amphinomos and Anapius, legendary heroes. Catina (Sicilia). Late fifth to early sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Catina
Province:
Sicilia
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
found in Greek Theatre, in central part near last steps of cavea
Current Location:
Museo Civico di Catania, Magazzino del Cortile (no inv.)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
31
Width(cm):
60
Depth(cm):
47
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose and Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Amphinomos and Anapius
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Merulus, governor of Sicilia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
491
Latest :
530
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1956, 259
Mazzarino, S., Antico, tardoantico ed èra costantiniana, Bari, 1974-1980, II, 355-61
Korhonen, K., Le iscrizioni del Museo civico di Catania : storia delle collezioni, cultura epigrafica, edizione , Helsinki 2004, n. 12
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[Fl]ammifugas fratre[s], / pietatis maxima dona, / quos tulit hostilit[as], / reddidit hos Merulus, ṿ(ir) [c(larissimus)] /(5) et spectabilis, consul[aris] / provinciae Siciliae.
Trans:
These flame-fleeing brothers, the greatest gift of piety, which an enemy had removed, Merulus, of clarissimus and spectabilis rank, governor of Sicily, gave back.
