Dedication, probably to a tutelary god of the emperors, possibly for a statue. From Oescus (Dacia Ripensis). Earlier to mid fourth century (313-367)
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Colonia Ulpia Oescus
Province:
Dacia Ripensis
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
Oescus, military camp
Current Location:
Sofia museum, inv. no. 7880
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Height(cm):
88
Width(cm):
40
Depth(cm):
34
Language:
Bilingual
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown, probably a god
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Flavius Tatianus, primipilarius
Position:
Military Officer or Unit
DATE
Earliest:
313
Latest :
367
MAIN REFERENCE
Gerov, B., Inscriptiones Latinae in Bulgaria repertae, Sofia 1989, no. 9
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[Dd(ominorum) nn(ostrorum))] / Auggustorum, Fl(avius) / Tatianus / primip(ilarius) leg(ionis) /(5) V Mac(edonicae), ex pro/vincia Suria / Palestina, / post pastum / militum /(10) votum po/suit. (branch) / Ἀντωνίνου
Trans:
...of our lords, the two Augusti. Flavius Tatianus, primipilarius of the 5th legion, the Macedonian, from the province of Syria Palestina, having finished his duty of providing the troops with food supply. Of Antoninus (the sculptor?).
