Statue possibly of Flavius Victor Calpurnius (see LSA 2181). Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 340-350
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Old Forum, near the Severan exedra
Current Location:
Lepcis Museum, inv. no. 671
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
toga, with umbo; tunic/chiton
Hairstyle:
n/a
Height(cm):
202
Attributes:
tabellae
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Victor Calpurnius
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) and people (populus) of Leptis
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
340
Latest:
350
MAIN REFERENCE
Faulx-Briole Rocher, A. ‘Du remploi dans la statuaire: autour d’un portrait masculin retravaillé du Musée de Lepcis Magna’, Le passé et son héritage. Modalités et enjeux dans le sociétés du monde romaine et de l'Antiquité tardive, Paris 2011, 63-4, fig. 20, fn. 32
Bartoccini, R. 'Museo Leptitano', Notiziario Archeologico. Ministero delle Colonie 3, Rome 1922, 80, fig. 4
