Base for statue of unknown subject, perhaps Liber Pater, deity. Novae (Moesia II). 293-310
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Novae
Province:
Moesia II
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
Novae, principia of legionary camp
Current Location:
Novae, storerooms at Bulgarian dig house (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
153
Width(cm):
93
Depth(cm):
83
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Aurelius Porfyrius
Position:
Lower-ranking Imperial Officials
DATE
Earliest:
293
Latest :
310
MAIN REFERENCE
Sarnowski, T., Accepta pariatoria und pastus militum. Eine neue Statuenbasis mit zwei Inschriften aus Novae, Tyche 28, 2013, 135-46,
INSCRIPTION
Text:
On front face: [Deo s]ạncto libero patri / [cons]ervatori Augg(ustorum) et / [Cae]ṣs(arum) nn(ostrorum) et leg(ionis) I Ital(icae) vi-/[ct]ṛicis, Aur(elius) Porfyrius / (5) [p(rimi)p(ilarius) ex p]rov(incia) Foenice / v(otum) l(ibens) s(olvit).
On right lateral face: Dedicata / Imp(eratore) d(omino) n(ostro) Gordiano / Aug(usto) II et Pompeiano co(n)s(ulibus), / accepta pariatoria / (5) Idib(us) Aug(ustis).
Trans:
On front face: To the holy god Liber Pater, preserver of our Augusti and Caesars, and of the 1st legion, the Italic, the victorious; Aurelius Porfyrius, primipilarius from the province of Phoenice, fulfilled his vow willingly.
On right lateral face: Dedicated under the consulship of our lord Gordian Augustus for the second time, and Pompeianus, having recieved the confirmation, on the Ides (13th) of August.
