Dedicatory inscription honoring three priestesses (GER0109)
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Title
Dedicatory inscription honoring three priestesses (GER0109)
Description
Dedicatory inscription, 2nd c. CE, honoring three priestesses (τας ζακορους) from Gerasa, possibly from a monument or statue base. The priestesses are Herada(?), Lysimache, and Aphalle (?).
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.387-388, no.25, pl.CIV,b, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Rights
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.387-388, no.25, pl.CIV,b, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER0109
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
f77a46f8-3470-4a7c-8d18-cc67c319ea9c
Dedicatory Inscription Item Type Metadata
Dedicatory Type
Statue?
Description
Fragmentary inscription in 21 strips of varying size (0.025m thick, 0.05-0.07m wide).
Letters
Letter size=0.03m
Findspot
Fountain Court
Name 1
Name 2
Name 3
Citation
“Dedicatory inscription honoring three priestesses (GER0109),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed December 4, 2023, http://www.wireproject.org/items/show/14.