Honorary epigram to the Praetorian Prefect Herculius by the sophist Plutarchus (AD 408-410). Entrance to the Library of Hadrian, Athens

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Contributors:	Plutarchus
Title:	Honorary epigram to the Praetorian Prefect Herculius by the sophist Plutarchus (AD 408-410). Entrance to the Library of Hadrian, Athens
Start date:	408
End date:	410
Historical Period:	Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description:	Honorary epigram to the Praetorian Prefect Herculius by the sophist Plutarchus (AD 408-410). Inscribed on the left side of the entrance to the Library of Hadrian, above the original statue (lost). Text: “Plutarchus, the treasurer (and dispenser) of speech(es) and sophist, set up (the statue of) Heraclius, the treasurer of laws, the upright perfect.”
Size:	H. 0.57. W. 1.53
Place:	Hadrian's Library, Greece
Languages:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Medium:	marble (rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	OUC Georgios Deligiannakis Archive
Physical type:	inscriptions
Material and technique:	carving (processes)
Data provider:	Open University of Cyprus
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Appears in Collections:	BYZART