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Statue-base of emperor Trajan

Type of monument:
Monument to emperor.
Location:
Burunkuyu (Perta): by a well.
Description:
Block of greyish-white marble, apparently the upper part of a large moulded base, later reused as part of an arch. Cut off above, below, left and right.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.32+; W. 0.83+; Th. 0.73; letters 0.030.
Record:
Squeeze; line drawing; MB notebook copy (1956/184).
Publication:
None.
Date:
AD 98-117.
 
 

Αὐτοκράτορι Νέρουᾳ Τραια-
[νῷ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ - - - -]
- - - - - - - - - -
To imperator Nerva Traia[nus Caesar Augustus...]

The monument was presumably an honorific base bearing a statue of the emperor Trajan.

Illustrations:

Squeeze of MAMA XI 308 (Perta 3: 1956-184)

Squeeze of MAMA XI 308 (Perta 3: 1956-184)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 308 (Perta 3: 1956-184)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 308 (Perta 3: 1956-184)