Plaque from base for statue of unknown emperor. Sabratha (Tripolitania). 303-315
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Sabratha
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Capitolium, <i>favissae</i>
Current Location:
Sabratha, Museum
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
43
Width(cm):
38
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Emperor (name lost)
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Valerius Gelasius, governor of Tripolitania
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
303
Latest :
315
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 488-9, no. 93, fig. 10.109
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, 75
...and the welfare...common...to the emperor Caesar, pious, fortunate, unconquered, ... pontifex maximus, holder of tribunician power .... Val(erius) Gelasius, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Tripolitania, forever dedicated to his divine spirit and majesty [set this up], with Lucius Vo... amus, of perfectissimus rank, perpetual priest (flamen) (?), as overseer.
