Base for statue of Maximinus Daia, emperor. Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Isauria). 306-310
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Seleucia ad Calycadnum
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):
127
Width(cm):
57
Depth(cm):
54
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Maximinus Daia
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Lucilius Crispus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
306
Latest :
310
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1978, 815
Dagron, G. & D. Feissel, Inscriptions de Cilicie (Travaux et Mémoires du Centre de Recherche d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 4), Paris 1987, 21 no. 3 pl. II and Addendum p. 263
Hagel, S. and K. Tomaschitz, Repertorium der westkilikischen Inschriften (Ergänzungsband zu den Titulia Asiae Minoris Nr. 22), Vienna 1998, 374-5 Seleukeia 141
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Bono romani imperii / procreato domino nostro / [[[Gal(erio) Val(erio) Maximino]]], / clementissimo et /(5) victoriosissimo Caesari, / Lucil(ius) Crispus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), praeses / prov(inciae) Isauriae, d(evotus) n(umini) maiestati)q(ue / eius.
Trans:
To our lord, born to the good of the Roman state, Galerius Valerius Maximinus, 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 thisup].