Description: Rectangular base (w:
0.50 x h:
0.95 x d:
0.53) of brown limestone.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w:
0.34 x h:
0.86).
Letters: Fourth century CE capitals: 0.05; dot for stop.
Date: CE 306-312 (reign)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Forum Severianum, North West angle.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To the most indulgent, and moreover restorer of freedom, and most victorious emperor, our lord Maxentius Pius, Felix, unconquered Augustus; Valerius Alexander, most excellent man ( i.e. of equestrian status), deputy for the praetorian prefects, deeply devoted to his divine power and majesty.
Italian translation
Translation source: Tantillo-Bigi, 2010
All’indulgentissimo, restitutore della libertà, vittoriosissimo imperatore, nostro signore Massenzio Pio Felice invitto Augusto, Valerius Alexander, uomo perfettissimo, facente le veci del prefetto al pretorio, quanto mai devoto al suo nume e alla sua maestà
English translation
Translation source: LSA, 2012
To the most indulgent and restorer of freedom, and most victorious emperor, our lord Maxentius, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus. Valerius Alexander, of perfectissimus rank, acting as vicar for the praetorian prefect, most dedicated to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
Commentary
PLRE I, Alexander 20
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 464, whence IRT, 2009, 464; Tantillo-Bigi, 2010, 5, LSA, 2012, 2151 (Tantillo and Bigi), EDH (Bigi, 2014) 059364; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1951 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 51.III.29)
Fig. 2. Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1531 Leica)
Fig. 3. Face: Tantillo (2004)