Statue base for Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Thubursicu Numidarum (Africa Proconsularis). 287-305
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thubursicu Numidarum
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Precise find-spot unknown
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
1.15
Width(cm):
0.58
Depth(cm):
0.52
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The city's council, the people and Caius Umbrius Tertullus, curator
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
287
Latest :
305
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, Paris, 1940, no. 18
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Iovem O(ptimum) M(aximum), / pro salute [[Diocletiani et Maximiani]], / Augg(ustorum); / ordo et popu/lus hoc loco / ponend(um) censu/it; curante / C(aio) Umbrio Ter/tullo, e(gregio) v(iro), cur(atore) r(ei) p(ublicae).
Trans:
For the welfare of Diocletianus and Maximianus, both Augusti, the council and the people decided to set up Jupiter Optimus Maximus in that place; with Caius Umbrius Tertullus, of egregius rank, curator of the community, taking charge.
