Base for statue for Pullidius Argolicus, comes fabricarum and patron. Beneventum. 353
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Beneventum
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
First recorded in Benevento in early 17th century
Current Location:
Benevento, Museo Provinciale del Sannio, garden
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
120
Width(cm):
44
Depth(cm):
54
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Pullidius Argolicus
Position:
Patrons
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Guild of the Leontiani
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
353
Latest :
353
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 1590
Felle, A., "Una novità epigrafica beneventana", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 173, (2010), 278-281
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[D(is) [[M(anibus)]] / [[------]] /(3) [P]ullidio Argolico, / [------] / signo[---]RUM /(5) LIM[--- iu]dicio / sac[ratis]simo et / comiti [f]abricarum / totius civitatis / Ben(eventi) urbis. Ob insig/nia merita eiusdem, /(10) patrono universi / Leontiani statuam / ponendam esse duxerunt. // DD(ominis) nn(ostris) / Constantio / [A]ug(usto) VI et Constant[tio] / [C]aes(are) II [---] / [---]++C+[---].
Trans:
To the gods of the underworld... To Pullidius Arcolicus, … most blessed judgment and supervisor of works (comes fabricarum)of the entire citizenry of the city of Beneventum. On account of his services, the whole guild of the Leontiani commanded that (this) statue be set up to its patron. [On the side] During the consulship of our lords Constantius Augustus, for the sixth time, and Constantius Caesar, for the second time…
