Small fragment of dedication to unknown emperor, possibly 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:
Macellum in 1931
Current Location:
Leptis, Museum, storerooms
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
12.3
Width(cm):
22
Depth(cm):
2.2
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:
300
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 340-341, no. 17, fig. 10.19
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. 513
