Base for statue of Titus Archontius Nilus, governor of Tripolitania and city patron. Gigthis (Tripolitania). 355-360
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Gigthis
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Village of Henchir Djorf bu Grara
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
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Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Titus Archontius Nilus, governor of Tripolitania and patron of Gigthis
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and people (ordo populusque) of Gigthis
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
355
Latest :
360
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1888, 59
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, 11031
Merlin, A., Inscriptions latines de la Tunisie, Paris, 1944, 14
INSCRIPTION
Text:
(------) / rege Au(sturianorum ?) / vigor[is in hac re]/gione [auctori] / (5) primo vel solo / T(ito) Archontio Nilo, / v(iro) p(erfectissimo), p(raesidi) et comiti / p(rovinciae) T(ripolitanae), ordo populu[sq(ue)] / mu(nicipii) Gigthensiu[m], /(10) patrono grat[an]/[t]er conloca[verunt].
Trans:
(... ) being king of the Austuriani(?), to him who enhances vigour in this region, to the first as well as the only, Titus Archontius Nilus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) and count of the province of Tripolitania; the council (ordo) and people of the city (municipium) of Gigthis joyfully set [this] up to their patron.
