Dedicatory inscription for contributions toward the temple Zeus Olympios by Theon (GER0103)
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Title
Dedicatory inscription for contributions toward the temple Zeus Olympios by Theon (GER0103)
Description
Limestone dedicatory inscription from Gerasa (69/70 CE) to Zeus Olympios by Theon on behalf of himself and his children Scymnus, Artemidorus, and Artemisia.
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.376, no.5, pl.XCVIa in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Rights
Welles 1938
Format
Limestone
Language
Identifier
GER0103
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
fb5a2c70-736f-4a38-a15c-3e367d558105
Dedicatory Inscription Item Type Metadata
Dedicatory Type
Building (temple of Zeus Olympios)
Translation
Agathe Tyche, year 132 (ΒΛΡ): for the well-being of the Augusti and the concord of the demos, Theon son of Demetrios gave 7,100 drachmas of Tyrian silver toward the building of the naos of the temple of Zeus Olympios, whose suppliant he is, on behalf of himself and the temple slaves of Zeus, and the children of the same Theon, Scymnus and Artemidorus and Artemisia, having already given toward the building of the propylon another 1,500 drachmas. (after Rigsby 2000)
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Selected Bibliography
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.), 355-496. Baltimore: The American Schools of Oriental Research.
Citation
“Dedicatory inscription for contributions toward the temple Zeus Olympios by Theon (GER0103),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/7.