Badly damaged base for statue of 'Rom..ius' (perhaps Laenatius Romulus). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Probably 324-326.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Old Forum, near the east side of the 'Tripertita Porticus'
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
82
Width(cm):
89
Depth(cm):
88
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Rom[..]ius (Laenatius Romulus ?)
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Name lost
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
324
Latest :
326
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 376-7, no. 34, figs. 7.16, 10.39, pl. IX
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. 736
