Base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Nicomedia (Bithynia). 284-305.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Nicomedia
Province:
Bithynia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Izmit (ancient Nicomedia), site of a modern paper mill
Current Location:
Izmit, paper mill (in 1978)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
26
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Diocletian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Julius Antoninus, rationalis
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
284
Latest:
305
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1947, 186
Dörner, K. F., Inschriften und Denkmäler aus Bithynien, Berlin 1941, p. 70 no. 48 pl. 26
Dörner, K. F. (ed.), Tituli Asiae Minoris, IV. Tituli Bithyniae linguis Graeca et Latina conscripti, 1. Paeninsula Bithynica praeter Chalcedonem. Nicomedia et ager Nicomedensis cum septentrionali meridianoque litore sinus Astaceni et cum lacu Sumonensi, Vienna 1978, p. 14 no. 28
