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LSA-2874
Base for statue of emperor, name erased (Severus, Licinius, or Maximinus Daia). Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Isauria). 306-313
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Province:
Isauria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Found during excavations in the centre of modern Silifke in 1982/5
Current Location:
Silifke museum (without published inv. no.).
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
160
Width(cm):
62
Depth(cm):
52
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Severus, Licinius, or Maximinus Daia
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Severianus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
306
Latest :
313
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique,
, 1991, 1548
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Beatissimo / adque (sic) indulgen-/tissimo, vere / humanissimo, / (5) [[d(omino) n(ostro) Maximino]] / semper Augusto, / Fl(avius) Severianus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), / praes(es) prov(inciae) Is(auriae), d(evotus) n(umini) / m(aiestati)q(ue) eius.
Trans:
To the most blessed and kindest, indeed most humane, our lord Maximinus, forever Augustus; Flavius Severianus, of
perfectissimus
rank, governor (
praeses
) of the province of Isauria, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty [set this up].
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