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LSA-295 Honorific inscription recording Diocletian, emperor, possibly for statue. Nicaea (Bithynia). 284-305.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Nicaea Province: Bithynia Region: Asia Minor
Details: Iznik, city quarter of Topkapı, directly in front of the city wall
Current Location: In situ ?
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 103 Width(cm): 73 Depth(cm): 26
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Diocletian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Unknown Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 284 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
Şahin, S. (ed.), Katalog der antiken Inschriften des Museums von Iznik (Nikaia) : Iznik Müzesi antik yazitlar katalogu.Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien, Bd. 10, 1. , Bonn 1981, p. 299 (Addendum zum Bd. I) no. 71
INSCRIPTION
Text: V .. .I ̣[ Imp Caes.] / C. Ṿal. Dioclẹ[tian-]/ indulgen ̣[tissim- / ]APO[ /(5) ] p ̣o ̣n ̣t ̣i ̣f ̣[max. Trans: ... emperor Caesar Caius Valerius Diocletianus, most indulgent ... highest priest ...
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