Base for statue of Didius Preiectus, local magistrate and benefactor (together with LSA-1744). Pheradi Maius (Byzacena). Fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Pheradi Maius
Province:
Byzacena
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found in the southern porticus of the square (that may be the forum) next to the nymphaeum
Current Location:
Not known
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
150
Width(cm):
56
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Didius Preiectus
Position:
Civic Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of the colony of Pheradi Maius
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1927, 28
Merlin, A., Inscriptions latines de la Tunisie, Paris, 1944, 251
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Didi Preiecti fl(aminis) p(er)p(etui). / Probatissimo adque integerrimo / viro, cuius multa praeclara / venefactorum (sic) praemia retinen/tur, quem adornat integritas, / (6) quem fides vera conmendat (sic), a cu/ius cunabulis titulis obsequemtem (sic) / probabimus (sic) liberalitatem, et ita / sum(p)tu proprio indulgentem / (10) ut et fastigia moenibus dede/rit et colomina (sic) reparaverit (sic). Qui/bus rebus Didio Preiecto fl(amini) p(er)p(etuo), / amplissimo proceri nostrae / curiae, quem et laus familiae / (15) et eloqui conmendat (sic) instruc/tio, ordo s[plendissim]ae / coloni[ae --- Phera]dam(aiensis) (?) / pro [---statuam] / de[dicavit (?) ---].
Trans:
[Statue of] Didius Preiectus, priest in perpetuity. To a most worthy and most blameless man, of whose benefactions many and excellent benefits are remembered, whom integrity adorns, whom true faith commends, of whose generosity following from his birthplace name (= family tradition) we give approval, and he is so generous with his own money that he gave roofs to the buildings and had the summits repaired. For these things, the ordo of the most splendid colony of Pheradi Maius has dedicated (?) ... to Didius Proiectus, priest in perpetuity, most noble father of our council, whom the glory of his family as well as his skill in speech recommends.
