Base for statue of Messalinus, governor of Asia. Ephesus (Asia). Fourth to fifth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ephesus
Province:
Asia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Lower part in front of Stoa of the Alytarchs, apparently in situ, opposite east end of Baths of Scholasticia; upper part in front of Baths of Scholasticia.
Current Location:
At findspot of lower part.
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
178
Width(cm):
86
Depth(cm):
86
Language:
Greek
Text Type:
Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Messalinus, governor of Asia
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (boule) of Ephesus
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
500
MAIN REFERENCE
Engelmann, H. Knibbe, D. & R. Merkelbach, Die Inschriften von Ephesos Teil IV. Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien, vol. 14, Bonn 1980, 166, no.1307
Malcus, B. 'Die Prokonsuln von Asien von Diokletian bis Theodosius II', Opuscula Atheniensa, 7 (1967) 91-154, 130-131 no. 1
Bauer, F. A., Stadt, Platz und Denkmal in der Spätantike, Mainz 1996, 424
To Good Fortune. Admirable Messalinus, the best among proconsuls; for his benefaction and the many toils which he undertook, not unwillingly, [and] by which he enhanced the cities, the council of great Ephesus set [him] up. (leaf)
