Stylobate/base for Constantius I, emperor, from Tetrapylon monument. Gerasa (Arabia). 293-305.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Gerasa
Province:
Arabia
Region:
Near East, with Cyprus
Details:
Found in 1931 on the inside of the southeast pylon of the Tetrapylon
Current Location:
Reattached to the southeast pylon of the Tetrapylon
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
34
Width(cm):
123
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantius I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Aurelius Felicianus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
293
Latest :
305
MAIN REFERENCE
Thiel, W. 'Tetrakonia. Überlegungen zu einem Denkmaltypus tetrarchischer Zeit im Osten des Römischen Reiches', Antiquité Tardive 10, Brepols 2002, 308, fig. 5
Welles, C. B., The Inscriptions, Gerasa. City of the Decapolis (ed. by C. H. Kraeling), New Haven 1938, 355-616, no. 105
To the emperor Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantius, most noble Caesar. Aurelius Felicianus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Arabia [set this up], most devoted to his divine spirit and majesty.
