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LSA-544 Base for statue of a governor (proconsul) of Asia (?). From Laodicea ad Lycum (Phrygia Pacatiana). Late third to earlier fifth century








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Laodicea ad Lycum Province: Phrygia Pacatiana Region: Asia Minor
Details: First recorded in 1887 near mosque Çay başı in Denizli
Current Location: Denizli, Museum garden, without inv. no.
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Column Height(cm): 55 Width(cm): 80 Depth(cm): 80
Language: Greek Text Type: Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand: Provincial governor (proconsul) of Asia, name lost Position: Provincial Governors Gender: Male
Awarder: Laodicea Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 280 Latest : 450
MAIN REFERENCE
Corsten, T., Die Inschriften von Laodikeia am Lykos. Teil I (Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien, Bd. 49) , Bonn 1997, pp. 81-2 no. 38

Cagnat, R. (ed.), Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes, Paris 1906-, IV, no. 854
INSCRIPTION
Text: ...................................... Λαοδικείη / ................................ εἰλόμενον / ............................ ειτο ὐπὸ φωναῖς / μείλιτον εὐρέκτην φέρτατον ἀνθυπάτων. Trans: ...] Laodicea for [...] by words the sweetest benefactor, the best of proconsuls
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