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LSA-2850 Base for statue of unknown subject, perhaps emperor. Novae (Moesia II). Fourth to earlier fifth century








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Novae Province: Moesia II Region: North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details: Novae, legionary camp of legio I Italica
Current Location: No published record
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 65 Width(cm): 50 Depth(cm): 45
Language: Greek Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Unknown Position: Imperial Family Gender: Male
Awarder: Flavius (?) Bassus and Flavius ...us, primipilarii Position: Lower-ranking Imperial Officials
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest : 450
MAIN REFERENCE
Łajtar, A., A Newly Discovered Greek Inscription at Novae (Moesia Inferior) Associated with pastus militum, Tyche 28, 93-112, 2013,

INSCRIPTION
Text: [--------] ..... Ο.Α.[.] / [--------]ΔΡΙΣΜΕΝΟΥΣΣ[] / [-------]οις δὲ τοῖς κασ[.] / [------τ]ῇ λαμπρᾷ Νοβησί-/ (5) [ων πόλ(ει) καὶ τ]ῇ λεγιῶνει α‘ Ἰτα-/[λικῇ εὐχα]ρειστοῦντες μνήμ-/[ης καὶ (ca. 3-5)]ης ἕνεκεν τὸν θεσπ-/[έσιον ---]τα ἀνδριάντα θεσ() ΤΗ / [-------] ἄριστον σχῆμα ἔχο-/(10) [ντα---στ]ρατιωτικῆς καὶ πανοπλι-/[--- Φλ(άβιος)?] Βάσσος πρ(ιμιπιλάριος) πολε(ίτης τῆς) / [Ἀλεξανδρ]έων κολων(είας) καὶ Φλ(άβιος) / [-------]ος πρ(ιμιπιλάριος) πολ(ίτης) Ἐιλιεὺς θε-/
[ὸν----οὐ]ράνιον εὐχ(όμενοι) τὸν σώσαντ(α) / (15)[ἡμᾶς---]ΔΟΙΕΝΚΙΝΙΣ παρ‘ Ἑλλήσποντο(ν.)

On lateral face:
ΝΑΡ[-----] / ...ΤΕ[----] / ...ΡΕ.[---].		 Trans: [ - - - ] and to the [ - - - ] to the glorious city of the Novaesians and to the First Italic Legion in thanksgiving (and) because of the memory and [ - - - ] (erected) the marvellous statue [ - - - ] having a noble posture [ - - - ] of the army and in cuirass [ - - - ] Flavius (?) Bassus, primipilarius, citizen of the colony of the Alexandrians, and Flavius [ - - - ]us, primipilarius, citizen of Ilium, praying the heavenly god [ - - - ] who saved us [ - - - ] near Hellespontus.
(trans A. Łajtar, slightly adapted to our conventions).
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