Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Seleuceia ad Calycadnum (Isauria). 306-310
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Seleuceia
Province:
Isauria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Found in Silifke in 1974
Current Location:
Silifke museum (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
121
Width(cm):
57
Depth(cm):
37
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Lucilius Crispus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
306
Latest :
310
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1978, 814
Dagron, G. & D. Feissel, Inscriptions de Cilicie (Travaux et Mémoires du Centre de Recherche d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 4), Paris 1987, 20-1 no. 2
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Bono romani imperii / procreato domino / nostro Flavio Valerio / (4) Constantino clemen-/tissimo et victoriosissimo / Caesari, Lucilius / Crispus v(ir) p(erfectissimus), praeses / (8) prov(inciae) Isauriae, d(evotus) n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) / eius.
Trans:
To our lord, born to the good of the Roman empire, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, most clement and most victorious Caesar; Lucilius Crispus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Isauria, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty [set this up]
