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LSA-2771 Base for statue of Justin II, emperor. Carthago (Africa proconsularis). 565-578








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Carthago Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Recorded in a well in Carthago in 1881
Current Location: No recent record
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Text Type:
SUBJECT
Honorand: Justin II Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Carthago and provincial governor Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 565 Latest : 578
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, 1020

Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, 113 no. 139
INSCRIPTION
Text: D(omino) n(ostro) Iustino, / felici semper / Aug(usto), dedicante / Lucio Map[---] /(5) v(iro) c(larissimo), p(roconsuli (?)) P(rovinciae(?)) [---] / devota Kar(thago (?)) Trans: To our lord Justin, fortunate eternal Augustus, Lucius Map..., of clraissimus rank, governor (proconsul) of the province dedicated (this) (with) the devoted (city of) Carthago.
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