Detail of the inscription on a pedestal

Roman imperial period. Pedestal belonging to a headless white marble statue. Probably representing an Augusta (title given to members of the imperial family). Julio-Claudian epoch. Unknown provenance. 1st century AD. Inscription detail: To Ceres Iulia Augusta (wife) of the divine Augustus and mother of Tiberius Caesar Augustus; Lutatia, daughter of Caius, priestess of Augusta (wife) of the imperator perpetuus, and wife of Marcus Livius Optatus of the Quirine tribe, son of Marcus and priest of Gozo, consecrated, together with her five children, while observing the sacred rites (this statue /inscription) to Iulia (wife) of Augustus, the imperator perpetuus. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadella de Victoria. Gozo, Malta

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