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LSA-2233 Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Cirta (Numidia). 314-337








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Cirta Province: Numidia Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found reused in the minaret of the great mosque
Current Location: Probably still at its findspot
OBJECT
Object: Unknown Material: Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): 45 Width(cm): 60 Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantine I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Vettius Florentinus, rationalis of Numidia and the Mauretanias Position: High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest: 317 Latest : 324
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. 586

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 389, no. 3

INSCRIPTION
Text: ---s]emper Augusto; / Vettius Florenti/nus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), rationa/lis Numid(iae) et Mau/ret(aniarum), d(evotus) n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) e(ius). Trans: ... forever Augustus. Vettius Florentinus, of perfectissimus rank, rationalis of Numidia and the Mauretania, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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