313. Dedication to the Gods dwelling with Sarapis
- Description:
- Lower part of a rectangular base (w: 0.24 x h: 0.365 x d: 0.205) of fine-grained brown limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a moulded panel (die, w: 0.102 x h: 0.285).
- Letters:
- Lettering: 0.022- 0.018.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (nomenclature)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Findspot unrecorded.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Lepcis Museum.
- Bibliography:
- L. Robert, Rev. Et. Gr., LXVI (1953) 203. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952; including revisions from J. M. Reynolds, 'Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania: A Supplement', Proceedings of the British School at Rome 23 (1955), 124-147
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
συννά
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ο
</supplied>
ι
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ς
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
θεοῖς
<lb
n="3"
/>
Αὐρήλιος
<lb
n="4"
/>
Ὠριγένης
<lb
n="5"
/>
ὁ
<unclear
reason=""
>
καὶ
</unclear>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Ἀθη
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
νόδ
</supplied>
ωρ
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ος
</ex>
<lb
n="7"
/>
σὺν
τῇ
θυγα
<lb
n="8"
type="worddiv"
/>
τρὶ
Πρωτάρ
<lb
n="9"
type="worddiv"
/>
ῃ
<lb
n="10"
/>
εὐχαριστήριον
</ab>
8-9, Πρωτάρχῃ, Robert : this is probably correct ; it gives a better lay-out for l. 9, and in fact some faint traces of χ seem visible.
Translation:
To the gods who dwell in the same temple, Aurelius Origenes, also known as Athenodoros, together with his daughter, Protare, (made this) offering.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DLM 1527 Leica)
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