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LSA-773 Base for statue of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus. Gortyna (Creta). 372-388








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Gortyna Province: Creta Region: Aegean Islands, with Crete
Details: Gortyn, praetorium
Current Location: Not recorded
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? No
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 123 Width(cm): 48 Depth(cm):
Language: Greek Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Sextus Petronius Probus, former consul and benefactor Position: Consuls Gender: Male
Awarder: Flavius Fursidius Aristides, governor of Creta Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 372 Latest : 388
MAIN REFERENCE
Guarducci, M., Inscriptiones Creticae. Vol 4. Tituli Gortynii, Roma 1950, no. 312
INSCRIPTION
Text: Θείῳ θεσπίσματι / κ(αὶ) δόγματι τῆς Κρητῶν / ἐπαρχίας, Πετρώνιον / Πρόβον τὸν λαμπρ(ότατον) /(5) κ(αὶ) ἐξοχώτατον / ἀπὸ ὑπάτων, / ἔπαρχον τοῦ πραιτωρίου, / τὸν εὐεργέτην καὶ / σωτῆρα τοῦ ἔθνους, /(10) Φλ(αουίος) Φουρσίδ(ιος) Ἀριστίδης / ὁ λ(αμπρότατος) ὑπατικὸς τῆς Κρητῶν / ἐπαρχείας ἀνέστησεν. Trans: By divine (=imperial) decision and by decree of the province of the Cretans, Flavius Fursidius Aristides, the governor (consularis) of the province of the Cretans, of clarissimus rank, set this up to the senator Petronius Probus, the most excellent former consul, and praetorian prefect, the benefactor and saviour of the people.
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