Greek, Latin (partly) / Marble / Pigment

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Object Identifier
0000.00.1105
Object Name
Greek, Latin (partly)
Object Type
Inscriptions on stone
Materials
Marble
Pigment
Thickness
5 cm
Pierced
no
Inscribed
yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription
Greek inscription:
HNO[AP
/ EY[ENA
/ OI[QEQ[
+T[A[EN
Full Artifact Description
iNSCRIPTION ON SMALL SIDE OF MARBLE DISK WITH BEVELED SIDES; obviously reused after inscription was cut. Capitals with some serifs rectangular forms. -N.B. probable 0- and 0 in line three have tails as if Q’s. Encrustation; broken
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Language
Greek
Inscription Obverse Text
Greek inscription:
HNO[AP
/ EY[ENA
/ OI[QEQ[
+T[A[EN
Inscription Obverse Translation
Translation : Greek: In the consulship of Lucius (Junius) Caesennius ( and Publius Calvisius Ruso Julius Frontinus) and in the year 204 of the Tyrians, in the month Artenision on the eleventh day, there sailed from Tyre to Puteoli the holy god of Sarepta. Leading (him?) was [...] eleim, at the rise of the...
Latin:
For the well-being of the emperor Domition Agustus. The ground has been assigned (by decree of the town council.)
Exhibition Title
The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World
Exhibition Curator
Allen, Marti Lu
Dix, T. Keith
Publication Title
Acad. des Inscr. et Belles-Lettres, Comptes Rendus
The Bilingual Inscription for the Holy God of Sarepta
The Exiled God of Sarepta
Notizie degli scavi
Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones
Puteolana Analecta: Seven Inscriptions from the G. De Criscio Collection in the Kelsey Museum
Puteoli: Studi di Storia Antica
Some New Inscriptions from Puteoli, Bauae, Misenum and Cumae
American Journal of Archaeology
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
Inscriptiones Graecae ad Res Romanas Pertinentes
Publication Author
Visona, Paolo
Torrey, C. C.
Dittenberger
D'Arms, John
Dennison, W.
Publication Year
1901
0000
1892
1986
1898
Class Title
Latin Inscriptions/Greek Epigraphy (W2023)
Class Instructor
Schultz, Celia
Foster, Margaret
Class Department
CLARCH
Class Number
606
Class Year
2023
Class Semester
Winter
Type Category
Inscription

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0000.00.1105
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