Fragmentary plaque with dedication to unknown emperor, probably from base for statue. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum
Current Location:
Formely stored in the first <i>taberna</i> south of the exedra
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Other
Height(cm):
47
Width(cm):
66
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Name lost, but certainly an emperor
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Name lost
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
312
Latest :
383
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 339-340, no. 16, fig.10.18
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. 515
