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LSA-874 Column used as base for statue of Diocletian, emperor (so-called 'Column of Pompey'). Alexandria (Aegyptus). 297-302










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Alexandria Province: Aegyptus Region: Egypt
Details: Alexandria, Serapaeum
Current Location: In situ
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Granite Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Height(cm): 2685
Attributes: Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand: Diocletian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Aelius Publius, governor of Aegyptus Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 297 Latest: 302
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum; , 4681

Inscriptiones Graecae ad Res Romanas pertinentes. Vol. I, Paris 1911, p. 369 no. 1068

Kayser, F., Recueil des Inscriptions grecques et latines (non funéraires) d’Alexandrie impériale, Cairo 1994, pp. 52-7 no. 15

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