Late Antique Statue Bases of Lepcis Magna

Abstract

Interactive and searchable map of the city of Lepcis Magna, displaying the geographical distribution within the city scape of the late antique honorary and building inscriptions. When translating a multi-faceted and multi-layered reality such as that of late antique Lepcis into a categorized environment, a certain level of simplification is needed, therefore reference to the written sources for detailed discussion remains indispensable (see I. Tantillo / F. Bigi, Leptis Magna. Una citta e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010; as the map itself is a simplified rendering of the city and its buildings, please refer to existing bibliography for detailed maps, e.g. R. Bianchi Bandinelli / E. Vergara Caffarelli / G. Caputo, Leptis Magna, Milano 1964). The map features all public inscriptions – published so far – produced in Lepcis in the period between 250 and 420 ad (six minor fragments with insufficient data have been left out: HD059617; HD059642; HD059661; HD067591; HD067593; HD059436). It also includes a series of four monuments whose inscription is now lost but which can be nonetheless assigned to the same period (B.L.T. = Bases with Lost Text). All the relevant data have been collected in a searchable database and grouped in ten fields.