Probable base for statue of imperial office-holder. Nicomedia (Bithynia). Fourth or fifth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Nicomedia
Province:
Bithynia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
First recorded by Koerte 1899 as a fountain basin in Nicomedia (Yangıncı Çeşme – ‘fountain of the firefighters’)
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Unknown
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
37
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Name lost, almost certainly an imperial office holder
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Name lost
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
Merkelbach, R. and J. Stauber (eds.), Steinepigramme aus dem griechischen Osten. Bd. 2. Die Nordküste Kleinasiens (Marmarameer und Pontos), Munich 2001, no. 09/06/17
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, no. 224
