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LSA-870
Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Alexandria (Aegyptus). About 314
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Alexandria
Province:
Aegyptus
Region:
Egypt
Details:
Alexandria
Current Location:
No published record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Arrius Diotimus,
rationalis
Position:
Lower-ranking Imperial Officials
DATE
Earliest:
310
Latest :
320
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum;
, III 17
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum;
, III suppl. I,1 6585
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Defensori quietis publicae, / d(omino) n(ostro) humanissimo / invictissimoque, / Constantino, / (5) aeterno Augusto; / Arrius Diotimus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), / rat(ionalis) Aeg(ypti), n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) eius / dicatissimus.
Trans:
To the defender of public peace, our most humane and most invincible lord Constantine, eternal Augustus. Arrius Diotimus, of perfectissimus rank,
rationalis
of Egypt, most dedicated to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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