Fragment of columnar base for statue of Arcadius, emperor. Nicaea (Bithynia). 383-408.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Nicaea
Province:
Bithynia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Iznik, Nicaea, inner city
Current Location:
İznik Museum, garden (without published inv. no.).
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Cylindrical
Height(cm):
50
Width(cm):
35
Depth(cm):
Language:
Greek
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Arcadius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Eutropius ?
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
383
Latest :
408
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. 297-8 (Addendum zum Band I) no. 70, pl. 27
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Arcem virtutum / omnium possidenti, / d(omino) n(ostro) Arcadio, victo/riossissimo semper / Augusto / Εuṭṛ̣(o)p ̣̣(ius?) ....
Trans:
To him possessing the spectrum of all virtues, our lord Arcadius, most victorius, eternal Augustus. Eutropius ...
