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© Museu de Guissona
Omeka ID 546
Iesso
Roman world

pedestal of Numerian

MGECC-1269

Object type
pedestal
Production date
282
Fabric
epigraphic material
Museum
Museu de Guissona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Iesso
Materials
limestone
Township
Guissona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Segarra)
Technique
cut, carving
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
650 x 540 x 490 mm
Description
Honorary pedestal in the shape of a rectangular cube of limestone that must have been crowned by the figure of the emperor Numerian. Currently the epigraphic field is lost because of erosion, but in the sixteenth century Pons d'Icart could document the inscription: NOBIL(isimo)·CAESAR(i) / FIL(io)·[D(omini)]·N(ostri)·IMP(eratoris)·[M(arci)] / AVR(elii)·[C]ARI·AVG(USTI) / OR[DO] [I]ESSONEN[S(ium)]. The text refers to the tribute of the authorities of Iesso to Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerian, son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Carus. This pedestal was known as the watchman's stone, because for centuries it was located in the vaults of the square, and was the place where the watchman of the town could be found.

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