Base for statue of Hercules, deity. Augusta Vindelicorum (Raetia II). Late third to early fourth century, probably early fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Augusta Vindelicorum
Province:
Raetia II
Region:
Gaul and Germany
Details:
Augsburg, 'garden of Markus Welser'
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Hercules
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Aurelius Mucianus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
280
Latest :
320
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III, 5785
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[Her]culi statuam / cum base, Aurelius / Mucianus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), p(raeses) p(rovinciae) R(aetiae), / pro salute sua suo/rumque omnium / [po]suit, curante / [---] Gerontio [---]
Trans:
Aurelius Mucianus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Raetia, set up the statue of Hercules with its base, for his good health and of his own, under the supervision... Gerontius....
