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LSA-2335 Fragmentary plaque from base for statue of unknown honorand (possibly imperial). Sabratha (Tripolitania). 340-350








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Sabratha Province: Tripolitania Region: North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details: Found in the theatre
Current Location: Sabratha museum, inv. 327
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Marble Re-Use? Other
Form: Unknown Height(cm): 36 Width(cm): 40 Depth(cm): 15
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Name lost, perhaps an emperor Position: Gender:
Awarder: Name lost; supervised by Flavius Victor Calpurnius, governor of Tripolotania Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 340 Latest : 350
MAIN REFERENCE
Reynolds, J. M. and J. B. Ward-Perkins, Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, enhanced electronic reissue by Gabriel Bodard and Charlotte Roueché (available at http://irt.kcl.ac.uk/irt2009/index.html), London 2009, 100
INSCRIPTION
Text: [---]DEM[---] / [---] statuam co[---] / [--- c]urante / [Fl(avio) Victore Cal]purnio v(iro) p(erfectissimo) / [praeside pro]v(inciae) Trip(olitanae). Trans: (...) statue (...) under the care of Flavius Victor Calpurnius, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Tripolitania.

***I shall be intrigued to learn why this may be imperial !Is it the role of the praeses?**
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