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LSA-877 Base for gilded bronze statue of Flavius Ulpius Erythrius, governor of Thebais. From Antinoopolis (Thebais). 385-387








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Antinoopolis Province: Thebais Region: Egypt
Details: Reiramoun (Antinoopolis)
Current Location: Cairo Museum, inv. no. 9290
OBJECT
Object: Base, for gilded statue Material: Local stone Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 125 Width(cm): 60 Depth(cm): 60
Language: Greek Text Type: Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand: Flavius Ulpius Erythrius, governor of Thebais Position: Provincial Governors Gender: Male
Awarder: The emperor (probably Theodosius I), though probably at request of the city Position: Emperors
DATE
Earliest: 385 Latest : 387
MAIN REFERENCE
Bernand, É., Inscriptions métriques de l'Égypte gréco-romaine, Paris 1969, pp. 489-91 no. 123 pl. 88
INSCRIPTION
Text: Ὁ κλύτος, ὁ χρύσειος Ἐρύθρ[ιος], / ὁ πρόμος οὗτος ἐν χρυσέῃ στ[ήλῃ] / πουλύ τι παμφανόων. Τοῦ̣[το] / γὰρ ἐκ βασιλῆος ἔχει γέρας ἄξιο[ν] / (5) ἔργων, ὃς Θήβης μὲν ἑμῆς αὐτ[ὸν] / ἔπεμψε πρόμον· τὸν δ’ ἑκυρὸ[ν] / Θεόδωρον ἀριζήλης ἐπ’ ἀπήνη[ς] / Ῥώμης ὁπλοτέρης θήκατο / κηδεμόνα. Trans: [This is] the noble, the golden Erythrius, this governor, shining brightly in a golden statue. For he achieved this from the emperor as a reward worthy of his deeds, who (= the emperor) sent him as a governor to my Thebes. And his father-in-law, Theodorus, on a conspicuous chariot he (= the emperor) made guardian of the younger Rome (= Constantinople).
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