Honorific inscription, probably base for statue, of unknown emperor (name lost). Verecunda (Numidia). Late third to early fourth century, probably 286-324
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Verecunda
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Markouna, east of the ruins
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
emperor (name lost)
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
city of Verecunda
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
286
Latest :
324
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII 4225
De Bruyn, G., Imago principum, imago deorum. Recherches sur les statues impériales et divines dans les cités d’Afrique (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Thèse de doctorat, Univerisité de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen 2014, p. 1477
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fortissimo / ac vic[torio]-/sissimo imp(eratori) / [---] / [---] / p(io) f(elici) Aug(usto) res / pub(lica) mun(icipii) Ve-/recun{en}sium
Trans:
To the most powerful and most victorious emperor (...), pious, fortunate Augustus; the community (res publica) of the city (municipium) of Verecunda [set this up].
