Inscribed block, possibly base for statue of the god Liber Pater. From Oescus (Dacia Ripensis). Earlier to mid fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Colonia Ulpia Oescus
Province:
Dacia Ripensis
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
Oescus, military camp
Current Location:
Sofia Museum (without published inv. no.; phototheca no. 85 CA)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
120
Width(cm):
68
Depth(cm):
56
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Liber Pater
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Zosimus, primipilarius
Position:
Military Officer or Unit
DATE
Earliest:
313
Latest :
367
MAIN REFERENCE
Gerov, B., Inscriptiones Latinae in Bulgaria repertae, Sofia 1989, no. 8b
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Libero Patri, / conservatori / dd(ominorum) nn(ostrorum) Augg(ustorum), / Fl(avius) Zosimus p(rimi)pilarius) /(5) ex provincia A/sia, civitate Efisia/norum, votum / posuit / post pastum militum /(10) - - - [co(n)s(ulibus)].
Trans:
To Liber Pater, protector of our lords the Augusti. Flavius Zosimus, primipilarius from the province of Asia, from the city of Ephesus, set up what he had vowed, having finished his obligation to supply food for the soldiers. In the year of the consuls ...
