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LSA-2376 Base for statue or bust of Crispus, emperor. Thamugadi (Numidia). 317-326








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Thamugadi Province: Numidia Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found in a house adjacent to the Decumanus Maximus
Current Location: No record
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Other
Form: Column Height(cm): 53 Width(cm): 27 Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Crispus Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Thamugadi Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 317 Latest : 326
MAIN REFERENCE
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 450 no. 12
INSCRIPTION
Text: Imp(eratori), d(omino) n(ostro), Fl(avio) Iul(io) / Crispino, nob(ilissimo) / Caes(ari), res / pub(lica) col(oniae) Tha/mug(adensium). Trans: To the emperor, our lord Flavius Iulius Crispinus, most noble Caesar, the community (res publica) of the colony of the Thamugadenses [set this up].
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