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LSA-2461 Column, once crowned by statue of Marcian, emperor. Constantinople, Forum of Marcian. 450-452








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Constantinople Province: Constantinople Region: Constantinople
Details: Constantinople, Forum of Marcian
Current Location: Istanbul, in situ at Kıztaşı Caddesi, south of Fatih Camii
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Granite Re-Use? No
Form: Column Height(cm): 1652 Width(cm): (diameter at bottom) 113 Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand: Marcian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Tatianus Position: Prefects of Constantinople
DATE
Earliest: 450 Latest : 452
MAIN REFERENCE
Janin, R., Constantinople byzantine : développement urbain et répertoire topographique, Paris 1964, pp. 84-5 no. 10

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III, 738

Kollwitz, J., Oströmische Plastik der theodosianischen Zeit, Berlin 1941, pp. 69-75 pl. 12-14
INSCRIPTION
Text: Principis hanc statuam Marciani / cerne forumque, / praefectus vovit quod Tatianus / opus.
 Trans: See this statue of the emperor Marcian, and his forum, a work which the prefect Tatianus dedicated.
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