Column, base for statue of Galerius, emperor. Thebae (Thebais). 308-310
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thebae
Province:
Thebais
Region:
Egypt
Details:
Luxor, tetrarchic military camp, eastern tetrastylon
Current Location:
In situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Column
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Galerius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Aurelius Maximinus, dux
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
308
Latest :
310
MAIN REFERENCE
Lacau, P., Inscriptions latines du temple de Louxor, Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 34, 1934, 17-46, pp. 22-9 fig. 3 no. I
L'Année épigraphique, Paris, 1934 no. 7
El Saghir, M. et al., Le camp romain de Louqsor (Mémoires Publiés par les Membres de l’Institut Français) 83, 1986, Cairo 1986, pp. 11-12
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Pacis aeternae propagatorem / et publicae securitatis con-/servatorem d(ominum) n(ostrum) Gal(erium) Valerium / Maximianum p(ium) f(elicem) invictum Aug(ustum), / Aurel(ius) Max[im]inus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) dux / Aeg(ypti) et Theb(aidos) [u]trarumque Libb(yarum) / devotus n(umini) m(aiestati)que eorum.
Trans:
To the extender of eternal peace and preserver of public security, our lord Galerius Valerius Maximianus, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus. Aurelius Maximinus, of perfectissimus rank, military commander (dux) of Egypt, Thebais and both Libyas [set this up] devoted to his divine spirit and majesty.
