Base for statue of unknown emperor. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Late third to early fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, southern portico
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
150
Width(cm):
70
Depth(cm):
55
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Name lost, but certainly an emperor
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
A... Rogatinus
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
280
Latest :
320
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 341-3, no. 18, figs. 7.23, 10.20-21
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. 539
To one provided for the good of human kind, the most powerful emperor … Augustus. A ...us Rogatinus, of clarissimus rank, … devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, with the people of Lepcis Magna … set this up.
