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LSA-31 Column base for statue of Theodosius II, emperor. Constantinople, Hebdomon. 402-450








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Constantinople Province: Constantinople Region: Constantinople
Details: Found 1938 on the main road of the village of Bakirköy
Current Location: Column where found; part of the pedestal in garden in front of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Müzesi)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Unknown Re-Use? Yes
Form: Column Height(cm): 1115 (column shaft) Width(cm): 150 (column- diameter), plinth 195 Depth(cm): 235 (width of plinth)
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Theodosius II Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Sisters of honorand Position: Family Members
DATE
Earliest: 402 Latest : 450
MAIN REFERENCE
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, pp. 98-9 no. 100

Makridou, Th. K., 'Kion kai Andrias Theodosiou tou Neoterou', Thrakika, 10 (1938) 170-173, 170-173
INSCRIPTION
Text: D(omino) n(ostro) [---c. 17---] ..us / imperatori [--- c. 20---] / [--- c. 30---] / [--- c. 10 ---] ...iis sororum pa--ATO / [--- c. 10 ---] ano Celsus exvitat (sic, for 'evitat').
 Trans: To our lord ...us the emperor ... of the sisters ... having pacified ... Celsus avoids.
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