Lost base for statue of Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, prefect of the City; erected to its patron by the guild of contractors of Ostia and Portus (susceptores Ostienses sive Potuenses). Rome. 357-360.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Found behind Lateran basilica, towards Sancta Sanctorum, re-used in wall; it was possibly possibly from his house
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome or Constantinople
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Guild of contractors of Ostia and Portus (Corpus susceptorum Ostiensium sive Portuensium)
Position:
Guilds
DATE
Earliest:
357
Latest:
360
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1741 (+p. 4748-4749)