Base for statue of Constantius II, emperor. Ephesus (Asia). 340-350.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ephesus
Province:
Asia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
From the Nymphaeum. Found in a late house at the end of the Stoa Basilike.
Current Location:
Stoa Basilike, inv. no. 5322
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
85.5
Width(cm):
46
Depth(cm):
20.5
Language:
Greek
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantius II
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Lucius Caelius Montius, governor of Asia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
340
Latest :
350
MAIN REFERENCE
Roueché, C. 'The Kuretenstrasse: the Imperial Presence in Late Antiquity', Neue Forschungen zur Kuretenstrasse von Ephesos : Akten des Symposiums für Hilke Thür vom 13. Dezember 2006 an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2009, 156
To our lord Constantius, greatest victor, and triumphant eternal Augustus. Lucius Caelius Montius, governor (proconsul) of clarissimus rank, judge in the imperial court of appeal, set [this] up and dedicated [this] in the renovated part of the Nymphaeum. With good fortune.
