Base for statue of 'Liber'. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Third century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Decumanus, east of <i>Chalcidicum</i>, at the entrance of a monumental building
Current Location:
In situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
97
Width(cm):
64
Depth(cm):
59
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Liber, Amor, Apollo
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not stated
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
200
Latest :
300
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 480-481, no. 87, figs. 7.15, 10.103
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. 299
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Sum Liber / Amorq(ue) deus / et pulcher Apollo
Trans:
I am Liber, and the god Amor and beautiful Apollo.
