Column, base for statue of Constantius I or Galerius, emperor. Thebae (Thebais). 300-302
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thebae
Province:
Thebais
Region:
Egypt
Details:
Luxor, tetrarchic military camp, western tetrastylon
Current Location:
In situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Column
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantius I or Galerius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Aurelius Reginus, governor of Thebais
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
302
MAIN REFERENCE
Lacau, P., Inscriptions latines du temple de Louxor, Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 34, 1934, 17-46, 29-33 fig. 8 no. D
L'Année épigraphique, Paris, 1934 no. 9
El Saghir, M. et al., Le camp romain de Louqsor (Mémoires Publiés par les Membres de l’Institut Français) 83, 1986, Cairo 1986, 11-12, 122
INSCRIPTION
Text:
--- / nobilissimum Caesarem / pont(ificem) max(imum), trib(unicia) pot(estate) X, co(n)s(ulem) III / Aurel(ius) Reginus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) praes(es) provinc(iae) /(5) Thebaid(os) n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) eius semper / dicatissimus.
Trans:
To …, most noble Caesar, highest priest, holder of the tribunician power ten times, consul for the third time. Aurelius Reginus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Thebaid, always most devoted to his divine spirit and majesty.
