Base for statue of emperor. Feltria (Venetia et Histria). Probably late third century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Feltria
Province:
Venetia et Histria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Found during works in front of the Duomo in 1906
Current Location:
Feltre, Museo Civico inv. no. 292017
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
97
Width(cm):
68
Depth(cm):
59
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
An emperor (Augustus), name lost
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council of Feltria
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
250
Latest :
300
MAIN REFERENCE
Alföldy, G. , Römische Statuen in Venetia et Histria : epigraphische Quellen, Heidelberg 1984, no. 155
Lazzaro, L., Regio X. Venetia et Histria: Feltria, Supplementa Italica, nuova serie 5, 241-61, Roma 1989, 251-3 no. 2
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imp(eratori) Caesạ[ri] / [---] / [p(io), f(elici)], Ạụ[g(usto), pontif(ici)] m[ax(imo)], / trib(unicia) pot(estate) II, p(atri) p(atriae), co(n)s(uli) II, /(5) pr[o]c[o(n)s(uli)], / ordo Feltrinorum.
Trans:
To the emperor Caesar (...) pious, fortunate, Augustus, highest priest (pontifex maximus), holding tribunician power for the second time, father of the fatherland, consul for the second time, proconsul. The council of the Feltrians [set this up].
