Base for statue of unstated subject, possibly Victory (Victoria), erected by Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, governor of Africa Proconsularis. Carthago (Africa Proconsularis). 373-374
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Carthago
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found at La Malga, near the amphitheatre
Current Location:
Last recorded in the National Museum of Carthage
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Other
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
144
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Not stated. Possibly a statue of Victory
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, governor of Africa Proconsularis
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
373
Latest:
374
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, 24584
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 15
Delattre, A., Musées et collections archéologiques de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie. Musée Lavigerie de Saint-Louis de Carthage, vol. 2, Paris 1899, 75 no. 5
