Base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Gerasa (Arabia). 284-286
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Gerasa
Province:
Arabia
Region:
Near East, with Cyprus
Details:
Recorded in the garden next to the mosque in the modern village by Welles 1938
Current Location:
No published record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Cylindrical
Height(cm):
62
Width(cm):
46
Depth(cm):
46
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Diocletian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Domitius Antoninus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
284
Latest :
286
MAIN REFERENCE
Welles, C. B., The Inscriptions, Gerasa. City of the Decapolis (ed. by C. H. Kraeling), New Haven 1938, 355-616, p. 431 no. 160 pl. CXXXVIII a
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imperatori Caesari Caio / Valerio Δiocletiano, p(io), f(elici), / invicto Aug(usto), (leaf) / Δomit[iu]s Antoninus /(5) v(ir) p(erfectissimus) pr(aeses) pr(ovinciae), divotus (sic, for devotus) nomini (sic, for numini) / maiestatique eius (leaf).
Trans:
To the emperor Caesar Caius Valerius Diocletian, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus. Domitius Antoninus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty.
