Base for statue of 'Imperial Victory' (Victoria Augusta). Cirta (Numidia). 320-326
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cirta
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found during roadworks, just west of Ahmed-Bey palace.
Current Location:
Constantine, museum
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
106
Width(cm):
62
Depth(cm):
49
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Victory
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
The Constantinians
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
320
Latest :
326
MAIN REFERENCE
Pflaum H.-G., Inscriptions latines de l'Algérie. 2, Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des Suburbures. [1, Rusicade et région de Rusicade, Cirta, Castellum celtianum, Caldis, Castellum tidditanorum], Paris, 1957, no. 533
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 390, no. 4
