Two new pedestals with inscriptions from «Colonia Avgvsta Firma Astigi» (Écija, Seville)

Abstract

In this paper are presented two new Roman pedestals with inscriptions, found in the archaeological excavations carried out in the central square of Écija (Seville), called “plaza de España”. Both of these pieces were located within the walled precinct of the imperial cult temple located in the southeast corner of the square. The pedestals can be characterized as a well-known model in this context. The first inscription refers to the erection of a sculpture by testamentary order of a personage called Caius Septumius, in the first half of the 2nd century A.D. In the second pedestal, datable between the middle of the 2nd century and the beginning of the 3rd century A.D., the text is in a poor state of preservation, and it is possible to read just the name with which the inscription begins, Titus Statilius Superatus Astigitanus.

Keywords

• monumentalización
• estatuaria pública
• evergetismo
• culto imperial
• baetica