Lost base for statue of Domitius Alexander, emperor. Cirta (Numidia). 308-310
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cirta
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found in the basement of a house in the 'place du Palais'
Current Location:
Said to have been destroyed
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Height(cm):
100
Width(cm):
70
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Domitius Alexander
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Scironius Pasicrates, governor of Numidia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
308
Latest :
310
MAIN REFERENCE
Pflaum H.-G., Inscriptions latines de l'Algérie. 2, Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des Suburbures. [1, Rusicade et région de Rusicade, Cirta, Castellum celtianum, Caldis, Castellum tidditanorum], Paris, 1957, no. 580
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 389, no. 2
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Restituto[ri] / publicae libe[r]/tatis, ac propa/gatori totius / (5) generis human[i] / nominisque / Romani, d(omino) n(ostro) L(ucio) Do/mitio Alexan/dro, p(io), f(elici), inv(icto), Aug(usto), / (10) Scironius Pa/sicrates, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), / [p(raeses) p(rovinciarum) Numi]diar(um) / --
Trans:
To the restorer of public freedom, and the man who extends [both] the whole human race and the name of Rome, our lord Lucius Domitius Alexander, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus. Scironius Pasicrates, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the provinces of Numidia [set this up] ...
