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LSA-2855 Base for statue of Galerius, emperor. Perge (Pamphylia). 293-305








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Perge Province: Pamphylia Region: Asia Minor
Details: Recorded used in a building at main crossroads of Perge in 1977; now lost
Current Location: Lost
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 127 Width(cm): 56 Depth(cm): 59
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Galerius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Marcus Ulpius Urbanus Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 293 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
Şahin, S., Die Inschriften von Perge, Teil II (Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien, Band 61), Bonn 2004, 7-10 no. 287
INSCRIPTION
Text: [virtute pietate fe-/ licitate providen-/ tia invicto d(omino) n(ostro)] / Maximiano, nob(ilissimo) / (5) Caesari, (ivy leaf) / M(arcus) Ulpius Urbanus, / v(ir) p(erfectissimus), praeses prov(inciae) / Pamfyliae, d(evotus) n(umini) [m(aiestati)q(ue)] / eius (ivy leaf). Trans: To one invincible through virtue, piety, fortune and providence, our lord Maximian, most noble Caesar. Marcus Ulpius Urbanus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Pamphylia, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty [set this up].
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