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LSA-2219 Base recording erection of statue (subject unstated). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Second half of fourth century.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Lepcis Magna Province: Tripolitania Region: North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details: Northern entrance of insula immediately southwest of Severan Forum
Current Location: Where found
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 109 Width(cm): 61 Depth(cm): 40
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Not stated Position: Gender: Unknown
Awarder: Flavius Lucretius Florentinus Rusticus, governor of Tripolitania Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 340 Latest : 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 481-3, no. 88, figs. 7.14, 10.104, pl. XXIII

INSCRIPTION
Text: Salvis dd(ominis) nn(ostris), / Fl(avius) Lucreti/us Floren/tinus /(5) Rusticus v(ir) p(erfectissimus), pr(aeses) / conlocavit. Trans: For the saftey of our lords. Flavius Lucretius Florentinus Rusticus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses), set this here.
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