Dedicatory inscription to Julia Domna (GER0111)
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Title
Dedicatory inscription to Julia Domna (GER0111)
Description
Dedicatory inscription from Gerasa, dated 193-211, for Julia Domna from Theodoros Apolleis. Architectural moulding suggests the inscription was originally set up on a building.
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.427, no.150, pl.CXIX, d, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Rights
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.427, no.150, pl.CXIX, d, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER0111
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
a7d327c6-4f64-4156-a42f-61bd382cf43a
Dedicatory Inscription Item Type Metadata
Dedicatory Type
Building?
Diplomatic
AΓΑΘΗΤΥΧΗ
ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΔΟΜΝΑΝΤΗΝ
ΚΥΡΙΑΝCΕΒΑCΤΗΝ
ΕΥCEBOYCAHΠΟΛΙCΔΙ (επι?)
ΜΕΛΗΤΟ ΘΕΟΔ (ΟΕΟΔωΡΟΥ?) ΑΠΟΛ
ΛΕΙC
ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΔΟΜΝΑΝΤΗΝ
ΚΥΡΙΑΝCΕΒΑCΤΗΝ
ΕΥCEBOYCAHΠΟΛΙCΔΙ (επι?)
ΜΕΛΗΤΟ ΘΕΟΔ (ΟΕΟΔωΡΟΥ?) ΑΠΟΛ
ΛΕΙC
Translation
To Agathe Tyche. The city dedicates this to mistress Julia Domna pius Sebasta after the public charge of Theodoros Apolleis
Diplomatic Constituted From
Welles 1938
Description
Inscription found on a single block (0.61mx0.48m). Two lines CXIX
Letters
Letter size=0.035m
Findspot
North Tetrapylon
Name 1
Name 2
Role 2
Notes
Welles (1938, 427) dates the inscription by the titles given to Julia Domna; Jones (1928, 164) holds that Apolleis was an "engraver's error for Απολλειου or some similar name."
Selected Bibliography
Jones, A.H.M. 1928. "Inscriptions from Jerash," JRS 18:144-178 (164, no.27)
Citation
“Dedicatory inscription to Julia Domna (GER0111),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 8, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/16.