ERAEmerita 00081 = CIIAEmerita 00062 = Espectaculos-02, 00149 = HEp-13, 00111 = AE 1915, 00033 = AE 1935, 00004

Item

Text Category
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
330-339
Location of Display
Lusitania: Emerita: Theatre
Reference
ERAEmerita 00081 = CIIAEmerita 00062 = Espectaculos-02, 00149 = HEp-13, 00111 = AE 1915, 00033 = AE 1935, 00004
Quotation
[[Dom[ini nostri Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Fl(avius) Constantinus Max(imus) P(ius) F(idelis) Vict]or semper Augustus e[t] Constantinus]] / Const[antius Constans beatissimi et felices Caesa]res the[a]trum coloniae / Emerite[nsium indignam arbitrati ruinam operis tam an]tiqui o[r]natu [me]liore quam fuerat / [adiecto restitui iusserunt disponente 3]o Sever[o viro c]larissimo comite / [curante 3 praeside provinciae] Lusitan[iae]
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Theatre
Object/ Person Ornamented
Theatre of Merida
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Painting
Visual Work: Textile
Medium/a Ornamenting
New ornamentation for restoration - perhaps new mouldings and elements (i.e. columns, arches) on the proscaenium, new seats, new canopies, new art generally (could be statues, painting), etc
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Constantine and his sons
Bibliography
Edmondson 2016
Notes
Currently held at Mérida, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano A: 7467 A: inv. nº 7467
Item Identifier
A01589
Determination
Derived directly from text