Base for statue of Severus, emperor. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 305-306.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum
Current Location:
Severan Forum, south portico
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
144
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Severus
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People of Lepcis (Lepcitani),
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
305
Latest:
306
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 320-321, no. 4, figs. 7.22, 10.5-6, pl. IV
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l’Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, I-II, Paris 1979-1981, vol. II p. 341 with note 27
Reynolds, J. M. & J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania. In collaboration with S. Aurigemma, R. Bartoccini, G. Caputo, R. Goodchild, P. Romanelli, Roma 1952, no. 463
