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LSA-2073 Base for statue of Galerius, emperor. From Turris Libisonis (Sardinia). 293-305.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Turris Libisonis Province: Sardinia Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: found in 1940 during works near so-called Palazzo del re Barbaro
Current Location: Now in Museum of Sassari
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 126 Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Galerius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Valerius Domitianus, governor of Sardinia, with Lucius Aemilius Rusticus and Valerius Rutilius, duoviri Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 293 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1948, 178; 1951, 252

Sotgiu, G., Iscrizioni latine della Sardegna I , Padova 1961, n. 241
INSCRIPTION
Text: Fortissimo principi / Galerio Valerio Maxi/miano, nobilissimo / Caesari, Valerius Domi/tianus v(ir) p(erfectissimus), praeses prov(inciae) /(6) Sardiniae, / dev(otus) n(u)m(ini) eo(rum), / referentibus L(ucio) Aemil(io) / Rustico et Val(erio) Rutilio, /(10) iter(um) IIvir(is) q(uin)q(uennalibus), / d(ecurionum) d(ecreto) p(ecunia) p(ublica).

 Trans: To the most powerful prince Galerius Valerius Maximianus, most noble Caesar; Valerius Domitianus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Sardinia, devoted to his divine spirit [set this up], having been undertaken by Lucius Aemilius Rusticus and Valerius Rutilius, members of the board of two men with the duration of five years for the second time, by a decree of the councillors [and] with public funds.
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