Columnar monument, possibly once crowned by statue of goddess Fortuna Redux, so-called 'Column of the Goths'. Constantinople. Later third to sixth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Istanbul, Gülhane Parkı, on the northeastern slope of the ancient Acropolis
Current Location:
In situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Column
Height(cm):
1850
Width(cm):
430
Depth(cm):
430
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Fortuna Redux
Position:
Deities
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Not stated
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
268
Latest :
552
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III, 733
Łajtar, A., Die Inschriften von Byzantion. Teil I. Die Inschriften, Bonn 2000, pp. 44-6 no. 15
Peschlow, U., Betrachtungen zur Gotensäule in Istanbul, Festschrift für Josef Engemann (Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum, Ergänzungsband 18), pp. 215-28, Münster 1991,
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fortunae / Reduci ob / devictos Gothos
Trans:
To [the goddess] Fortune of Good Return, because of the defeat of the Goths.
