Base for statue of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Corinium Dobunnorum (Britannia I). 296-363
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Corinium Dobunnorum
Province:
Britannia I
Region:
Britain
Details:
Found in 1891 in the garden of 'The Firs', Victoria (or New) Road, in the southern part of Corinium Dobunnorum
Current Location:
Today in the Corinium Museum (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose and Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Iupiter Optimus Maximus
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Lucius Septimius
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
296
Latest :
363
MAIN REFERENCE
Collingwood, R. G. & R. P. Wright, The Inscriptions of Roman Britain. I: Inscriptions on Stone. Addenda and Corrigenda by R. S. O. Tomlin, Oxford 1995, no. 103
Back face [si]gnum et / [e]rectam / [p]risca re-/[li]gione co-/[l]umnam
Left side: Septimius / renovat / primae / provinciae / rector
Trans:
To Jupiter, best and greatest. Lucius Septimius …, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Britannia prima, and citizen of Remus (Reims). This statue and column, erected by old religion, Septimius restores, ruler of Britannia prima. (transl. M. Hassald, slightlz adapted to our standards).
