[PDF][PDF] Points of view: the Theodosian obelisk base in context
L Safran - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 1993 - grbs.library.duke.edu
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 1993•grbs.library.duke.edu
THE OBELISK with its sculpted base in the former Hippodrome of Constantinorle (PLATES 1-
3) is well known as a rare datable work 0 Late Antique art. 1 A sixth-century source puts the
raising of the obelisk in the year 390, 2 and Greek and Latin epigrams on the plinth (the
lower part of the base) credit Theodosius I and the urban prefect Proclus with this feat. 3 The
inscriptions lack punctuation and their precise translation is difficult, but the sense is clear
enough. The Latin (PLATES 2, 4) may be rendered as:
3) is well known as a rare datable work 0 Late Antique art. 1 A sixth-century source puts the
raising of the obelisk in the year 390, 2 and Greek and Latin epigrams on the plinth (the
lower part of the base) credit Theodosius I and the urban prefect Proclus with this feat. 3 The
inscriptions lack punctuation and their precise translation is difficult, but the sense is clear
enough. The Latin (PLATES 2, 4) may be rendered as:
THE OBELISK with its sculpted base in the former Hippodrome of Constantinorle (PLATES 1-3) is well known as a rare datable work 0 Late Antique art. 1 A sixth-century source puts the raising of the obelisk in the year 390, 2 and Greek and Latin epigrams on the plinth (the lower part of the base) credit Theodosius I and the urban prefect Proclus with this feat. 3 The inscriptions lack punctuation and their precise translation is difficult, but the sense is clear enough. The Latin (PLATES 2, 4) may be rendered as:
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