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© Museu de Guissona
Omeka ID 543
Iesso
Roman world

pedestal of Marcus Caecilius Probus

MGECC-1584

Object type
pedestal
Production date
14 / 192
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
925 x 610 x 490 mm
Description
Honorary pedestal in the shape of a rectangular cube made of limestone and which must have been crowned by a statue. It contains an epigraphic field with the inscription: M(arc)·CAECILIO / M(arc) CAECILI / ARGVTI F(ILIO)·GAL(ERIA)/PROBO/TYCHE LIB(erta)/D(e) S(uo) F(aciendum) C(uravit). This pedestal was erected by the freedwoman tyche in tribute and gratitude to her former owner Marcus Cecilius Probus. This pedestal was reused in the Middle Ages as the foot of the altar in the Romanesque church. With the construction of the neoclassical church between 1776 and 1800, this pedestal was used as a decorative element in the facade of the new church. In 1992 it was removed from the facade and moved to the Museum.

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