Inscription recording public works and dedication of statues (subject not stated). Abthugnos (Africa Proconsularis). 376-377
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Abthugnos
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found during excavation of the civil basilica at the forum, re-used in a later structure
Current Location:
Not recorded
OBJECT
Object:
Other
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Height(cm):
58
Width(cm):
145
Depth(cm):
28
Language:
Text Type:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Not stated
Position:
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
376
Latest :
377
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1995, 1655
Ferchiou, N., "Abthugnos, ville de proconsulaire au IVe siècle, d'après une inscription nouvellement découverte", Bulletin archéologique du comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Afrique du Nord. NS 24 (1993-95), 1997, 197-202
TEXT
Text:
Forum quod per annorum seriem turpi[ter iacebat ita ut pars quae frontem?] / moenium aspiciebat tantummodo remansisse[t, restitutum est? beatissimo saeculo] / ddd(ominorum) nnn(ostrorum) Valentis Gratiani et Valentiniani invic[tissimorum semper Auggg(ustorum), et status eius?] / absertus (sic) est ac melior, proconsulatu Decimi Hesperi v(iri) c(larissimi), apu[d oculos omnium pro splendore patriae?] / esse cognoscitur, adiuncto quoque statuarum ornate, una cuc[hlia ---].
Trans:
The forum, which for a series of years lied shamefully (so that only the part) that faced the walls was still standing, (was restored in the most blessed age) of our lords Valens, Gratian, and Valentinian (II), most unconquered, (forever Augusti, and its condition) was reinforced and it is acknowledged as improved, in the governorship (proconsulatu) of Decimus Hesperius, of clarissimus rank, before (the eyes of all, for the splendour of the fatherland), and a decoration with statues was added (...)
