Base for statue of Severus, emperor. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 305-306.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum
Current Location:
Severan Forum, south portico
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
144
Width(cm):
60
Depth(cm):
62
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Severus
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People of Lepcis (Lepcitani),
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
305
Latest :
306
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 320-321, no. 4, figs. 7.22, 10.5-6, pl. IV
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l’Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, I-II, Paris 1979-1981, vol. II p. 341 with note 27
Reynolds, J. M. & J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania. In collaboration with S. Aurigemma, R. Bartoccini, G. Caputo, R. Goodchild, P. Romanelli, Roma 1952, no. 463
INSCRIPTION
Text:
D(omino) n(ostro) invicto ac no/bilissimo Caesari, / Fl[avi]o Valerio Severo, / Lepcitani, devoti / numini maiestatiq(ue) / eius, publice.
Trans:
To our lord, the unconquered and most noble Caesar, Flavius Valerius Severus; the people of Lepcis (Lepcitani), devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up] with public funds.
