Base for statue of unknown emperor. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). First half of fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, south portico
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
100
Width(cm):
65
Depth(cm):
65
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Name lost, but certainly an emperor
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People of Lepcis (Lepcitani)
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
360
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 343-5, no. 19, figs. 7.23, 10.22, pl. VII
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. 514
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fragment A: (on the top moulding) +VS+++++++ // (in the epigraphic field) Liberatori / orbis ac / ++[- - -] / - - - - - - ca.2 lines.
