Description: Upper part of a marble base for a bronze statue with moulded panels on all four sides
(w:
0.89 x h:
0.82 x d:
0.88). there is a scroll in relief on the right face, a pitcher in relief on the left face. 736 was later added on the reverse face;
Text: Inscribed within a moulded panel
(die, w:
0.30 x h:
0.36).
Letters: Second to third century capitals: line 1, 0.07; remainder, 0.06.
Date: Second to third centuries (lettering)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus
Basilica Vetus.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
English translation
Translation by: J. M. Reynolds
To Marcus [c. 4]ius Au[c. 7]ris [--- legate] of the emperor in command of legion [---]
Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 518, whence IRT, 2009, 518; EDH (Bigi, 2014) 059409; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.
Images
Fig. 1. Ward-Perkins, 1948 (Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR 48.XXII.29)
Fig. 2. View: Tantillo, 2008 (P1060187)
Fig. 3. Face: Tantillo, 2008 (P1060189)
Fig. 4. Right face: Tantillo, 2008 (P1060190)
Fig. 5. Left face: Tantillo, 2008 (P1060288)