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LSA-743 Base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Ephesus (Asia). 286-298.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Ephesus Province: Asia Region: Asia Minor
Details: Marble street, in rubble in front of the Theatre, at the north corner of the cavea
Current Location: Theatre Street
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 110 Width(cm): 57 Depth(cm): 60
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Diocletian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Lucius Artorius Pius Maximus, governor of Asia Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 286 Latest : 298
MAIN REFERENCE
Wankel, H. et al., Die Inschriften von Ephesos II. Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien vol. 12, Bonn 1979, 108-109, no. 307
INSCRIPTION
Text: B(onae) F(ortunae). / Piissimo atque indulgen/tissimo providentissim[o/que] principi nostro G(aio) Aur(elio) Val(erio) / Diocletiano, p(io), f(elici), inv(icto) Augus[to]; / L(ucius) Art(orius) Pius Maximus, v(ir) c(larissimus), / proc(onsul) Asiae, numini mai/estatique eius dicatis/simus Trans: To Good Fortune. To our most pious, most kindly and most foresighted ruler, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus. Lucius Artorius Pius Maximus, of clarissimus rank, governor (proconsul) of Asia, most devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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