Base for statue of Valentinian I, emperor. Alexandria (Aegyptus). 364-375
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Alexandria
Province:
Aegyptus
Region:
Egypt
Details:
Alexandria, city centre
Current Location:
Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum inv. no. 77
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
150
Width(cm):
175
Depth(cm):
50
Language:
Text Type:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valentinian I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Caius Valerius Eusebius
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
364
Latest :
375
MAIN REFERENCE
Breccia, E., Catalogue générale des antiquités égytiennes du musée d'Alexandrie, nos. 1-568. Iscrizioni greche ed latine, Cairo 1911, no. 92
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, 77 no. 9
Tkaczow, B., The topography of ancient Alexandria (An archaeological map), Warsaw 1993, no. 277
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Aeternum Imperatorem / virtute ac pietate / praestantem / Fl(avium) Valentinianum /(5) perpetuum Augustum / Caius Valerius Eusebius / v(ir) c(larissimus) com(es) ord(inis) primi ac per Orientem.
Trans:
To the eternal emperor, outstanding in virtue and piety, Flavius Valentinianus, forever Augustus. Caius Valerius Eusebius, of clarissimus rank, comes of the first order and for (the diocese of) Oriens.
