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LSA-1821 Base for statue of Constantius I, emperor. From Abbir Maius (Africa Proconsularis). 305-306








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Abbir Maius Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Precise find-spot unknown
Current Location: Bardo museum, inv. D 1225
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): 88 Width(cm): 46 Depth(cm): 51
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantius I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Abbir Maius, by decree of the councillors Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 305 Latest : 306
MAIN REFERENCE
Ben Abdallah, Z. B., Catalogue des inscriptions latines païenne du Musée du Bardo, Rome 1986, no. 371

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 53, n. 1
INSCRIPTION
Text: [M(arco) Fla]vio Vale[rio Co]nstan/[tio], nobilissi[mo C]aes(ari), Aug(usto), / [mu]nicipium A[ur(elium) An]t(oninianum) Abbirit(anum) / [Mai(us)], devotum [nu]mini / [m]aiestatiqu[e eius], / d(ecreto) d(ecurionum), p(ecunia) p(ublica). Trans: To Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius, most noble Caesar, Augustus; the Aurelian Antoninian city (municipium Aurelium Antoninianum) of Abbir Maius, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up] by decree of the councillors, with public funds.
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