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© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID 1798
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum Provincial
Roman world

pedestal of a statue dedicated to the Genius of the Colonia Tarraco

MNAT-672

Object type
pedestal, inscription
Production date
101 / 200
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum Provincial
Materials
Prokonnesos marble
Township
Tarragona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
32 x 59 x 15 cm
Description
The inscription refers to the silver statue dedicated to the genius of the "Colonia Tarraco" that would have stood on the pedestal. Lucius Minicius Apronianus, a duumvir quinquennal, provided in his will for a silver statue weighing 15 pounds, 2 ounces (about 5 kilos) to de dedicated to the "Genius of the Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco". The Genius of the "Colonia" was the city's protector divinity and its personification. The small silver statue representing it has not survived to our time. GENIO COL • I • V • T • TARRAC L • MINICIVS • APRONIANVS II VIR Q Q • TESTAMENTO EX • ARG • LIBRIS • XV = PONI • IVSSIT

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