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LSA-2014 Fragment of base for statue, possibly of Septimius Acindynus, vicarius of Spain. Emerita Augusta (Lusitania). 324-326 ?








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Emerita Augusta Province: Lusitania Region: Iberian peninsula
Details: Exact provenance not recorded; found probably during building works in Mérida
Current Location: Mérida, National Museum of Roman Art, store rooms (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 40 Width(cm): 36 Depth(cm): 44
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: 'Septimius A... ', possibly Septimius Acindynus, vicar of the Spanish provinces Position: Civilian Imperial Office-Holders Gender: Male
Awarder: Name lost Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 317 Latest : 337
MAIN REFERENCE
Hispania epigraphica, Madrid, 10, 2004 no. 55

INSCRIPTION
Text: Septimio A[cindyno(?), v(iro) c(larissimo)], / correcto[ri Tusciae] / et Umbri[ae, pont(ifici) maio]/[r]i, X̣Ṿ [vi]ṛ[o s(acris) f(aciundis), agenti(?)] / (5) [per Hispanias vices(?)] / [praef(ectorum) praet(orio), vice s(acra) c(ognoscenti)(?), ---] / ------
 Trans: To Septimius Acindynus, of clarissimus rank, governor (corrector) of [the province of] Tuscia et Umbria, high priest, member of the priestly college of the 15 men, acting deputy of the praetorian prefects in the Spanish provinces (agenti per Hispanias vices praefectorum praetorio), judge representing the emperor (vice sacra cognoscenti), ...
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