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LSA-2313 Base for statue of Hercules moved to better location. Caesarea (Mauretania Caesariensis). Third to early fifth century










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Caesarea Province: Mauretania Caesariensis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found in 1886 in Cherchel, West baths, with three similar bases (LSA-2314, 2315, 2316)
Current Location: Cherchel museum (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Height(cm): 106
Attributes: Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand: Hercules Position: Deities, Personifications and Heroes Gender: Male
Awarder: Not recorded Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 200 Latest: 429
MAIN REFERENCE
Waille, V., Note sur les fouilles archéologiques exécutées à Cherchel (Algérie), Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 31, 1887, 53-58,

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, 20963

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