Inscribed statue base to Artemis mentioning Septimius Severus and the imperial family by an association of gardeners (GΕR0115)
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Title
Inscribed statue base to Artemis mentioning Septimius Severus and the imperial family by an association of gardeners (GΕR0115)
Description
Dedicatory inscription on a statue base for Artemis mentioning Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Geta, and Julia Domna from Gerasa (193-211 CE) by the gardeners above the ravine.
Source
Publisher
Gatier, P.-L. 1985. "Nouvelles inscriptions de Gerasa," Syria 62(3/4): 297-312 (pg.310-311, no.3).
Date
Rights
Gatier 1985
Format
Pink limestone
Language
Identifier
GER0115
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
bf05d5ea-013c-4e37-94db-5823cdda6657
Dedicatory Inscription Item Type Metadata
Dedicatory Type
Statue
Diplomatic
]HTY[
(ΥΠΕΡCWT)ΗΡΙΑCTWN
KΥΡΙWNAYTOKRATO
PWNΛΟΥΚΙΟΥCΕΠΤΙΜ[
ΟΥCΕΟΥΡΟΥΚΑΙΑΝΤW
NOY[KAI ΓΕΤΑ] ΥΙWNAY
IOYKAIIOYΛΙΑCΔΟΜΝIΑ
CEBACTHCTHKYRIA(A)P(T)EMI
ΔΙΚΗΤΟΥΡΟΙΤΗCANWΦΑ
ΡΑΝΓΟC
(ΥΠΕΡCWT)ΗΡΙΑCTWN
KΥΡΙWNAYTOKRATO
PWNΛΟΥΚΙΟΥCΕΠΤΙΜ[
ΟΥCΕΟΥΡΟΥΚΑΙΑΝΤW
NOY[KAI ΓΕΤΑ] ΥΙWNAY
IOYKAIIOYΛΙΑCΔΟΜΝIΑ
CEBACTHCTHKYRIA(A)P(T)EMI
ΔΙΚΗΤΟΥΡΟΙΤΗCANWΦΑ
ΡΑΝΓΟC
Translation
Agatha Tyche. For the health of our emperors, Lucius Septimius Severus and Antonius (Caracalla) [and Geta] his sons and Julia Domna Sebaste, to Mistress Artemis the gardeners from above the ravine (dedicate this).
Diplomatic Constituted From
Gatier 1985
Translation Constituted From
Gatier 1985 and Moralee 2004:43
Description
78x49x49cm
Findspot
On a hill within the Sanctuary of Artemis, behind the temple
Original Context (if known)
Sanctuary of Artemis
Name 1
Name 2
Name 3
Name 4
Notes
The erasure of Geta's name occurred after his damnatio memoriae by Caracalla in 211 CE.
The "ravine" described in the inscription is probably a reference to the wadi near Jerash (Gatier 1985:311-312). Moralee (2004:43) suggests that the dedicants owned an orchard.
The "ravine" described in the inscription is probably a reference to the wadi near Jerash (Gatier 1985:311-312). Moralee (2004:43) suggests that the dedicants owned an orchard.
Selected Bibliography
Gatier, P.-L. 1985. "Nouvelles inscriptions de Gerasa," Syria 62(3/4): 297-312 (pg.310-311, no.3).
Moralee, J. 2004. "For Salvation's Sake": provincial loyalty, personal religion, and epigraphic production in the Roman and Late Antique East. New York and London: Routledge.
Moralee, J. 2004. "For Salvation's Sake": provincial loyalty, personal religion, and epigraphic production in the Roman and Late Antique East. New York and London: Routledge.
Citation
“Inscribed statue base to Artemis mentioning Septimius Severus and the imperial family by an association of gardeners (GΕR0115),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed September 18, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/20.