DiscussionUpper part of base for statue of Constantius I, emperor. Thasos (Insulae). 293-305 INSCRIPTIONPartly preserved in nine lines: Ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ / τὸν μέγιστον / καὶ θιότατον (sic) δεσ- / πότην ἡμῶν /(5) καὶ ἐπιφανέστα- / τον καίσαρα Φλάβι- / ον Οὐαλέριον / Κονσταντιον / --------. 'To good fortune. (... set this up to) our greatest and most divine Lord and most noble Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantius'. We give the inscription in the reading of Dunant & Pouilloux 1958. From the published photo, though, some traces of line 9 are still visible which we think can be read as follows: [ἡ Θ]̣α̣[σί]ω̣ν̣ π̣ό̣[λις] - 'the city of the Thasians'. DESCRIPTION (from Dunant & Pouilloux 1958 and the published photo) Upper part of a tall marble base with mouldings at top, mouldings broken or cut back on left and right side. Epigraphic field framed, frame broken at right side. Plinth decorated with a floral element in low relief. PROVENANCE/ LOCATION The base was found built into the medieval fortification on the Agora of Thasos. Now in the Thasos museum, inv. no. 978. HONORAND AND DATE Constantius I was Caesar 293-305 and Augustus 305-6. The date of the base is given by his title as Caesar. Main ReferenceDunant, C. & J. Pouilloux, Recherches sur l'Histoire et les cultes de Thasos. II. De 196 avant J.-C. jusqu'à la fin de l'Antiquité (Études Thasiennes V), Paris 1958, 189-90 no. 357 pl. L, 1 |
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