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LSA-2845 Base for statue of emperor (probably Maximian, or Maxentius). Lambaesis (Numidia). 286-312








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Lambaesis Province: Numidia Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Recorded in the lapidarium of Lambaesis in 2014
Current Location: Lambaesis, lapidarium (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Local stone Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Maximian, or Maxentius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Council (ordo) of Lambaesis Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 286 Latest : 312
MAIN REFERENCE
Bertolazzi, R., From the CIL Archives (II): A New Statue Base from Lambaesis (Algeria), Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 188, 2014, 284-6,

INSCRIPTION
Text: Piissimo / ac victori-/osissimo / M(arco) Aurelio / (5) Valerio / [------] / invicto, p(io), f(elici) / Aug(usto) ordo co-/loniae Lambae-/sitanorum de-/votus n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) [eius]
 Trans: To the most pious and most victorious, Marcus Aurelius Valerius ..., unconquered, pious, fortunate Augustus; the council of the colony of the Lambaesitani, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up]
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