Base for statue of Lucius Octavius Aur(elianus?) signo Didasius, local notable. Ureu (Africa Proconsularis). 280-350
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ureu
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found re-used in Byzantine fortress
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
146
Width(cm):
61
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucius Octavius Aur(elianus?) signoDidasius
Position:
Benefactors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo and people (populus) of Ureu
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
280
Latest :
350
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1975, 880
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 239
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Didasi // L(ucio) Octavio Aur[eliano?] / Didasio c(larissimo) v(iro) ṃ[---]ọ /(4) civi genitali, ob [sin]gu[la]-/rem in proṭẹgendis [civib(us)] / fidem et p̣ạṛạtum [er]ga [o]ṃṇ[e]ṣ / amorem, thẹṛmas [et aquam(?) corrup]-/tam post dilụṿịem [---]-/to servato ṛẹc̣ṭẹ (?) [---] /(10) propria liḅẹṛalịtate [ex]o[rnavit] / excoluit perf̣ẹc̣ịṭ ḍẹḍị[c]ạṿịṭ / bene merito civi et p̣ạ[tr]ọṇọ [splen]-/didissimus ọṛḍ[o et] p̣ọp̣ụḷụs [mun(icipii)] / [U]ruensium statuaṃ [posueru]ṇṭ ḍ(ecreto) d(ecurionum) [p(ecunia) p(ublica)].
Trans:
[Statue of] Didasius. To Lucius Octavius Aurelianus (?) Didasius, of clarissimus rank, (…) native citizen, for the unique loyalty in the protection of the citizens, and for having provided love for all, the baths (…) ruined after the flood (…) preserved (in good condition?) (…) he equipped, improved, completed and dedicated out of his own generosity. The council (ordo and people (of the city?) of the Uruenses set up this statue to the well deserving citizen and most renowned patron, with a decree of the decurions, with public funds (transl. C. Machado).
