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Dedicatory Inscription
Dedicatory Type
Building, statue, other
Statue
Description
Inscription originally covered three blocks, of which the two end pieces survive.
Block A: 0.74mx0.51m
Block C: 0.58x0.54m
Letters
Letter size=0.03-0.04m
Findspot
Reused in north wall of Nymphaeum
Name 1
Z?]
Role 1
Dedicant
son
Name 2
Dionysius
Role 2
Parent
husband
Name 3
Mother of Z?], name not preserved
Role 3
parent
wife
Diplomatic
ΥΠΕΡΤΗC TWC[ ------------ ]HPIAC
TAAΓΑΛΜΑΤ[ ---------- ]IΘΕΟΥ
ΑΡΑΒΙΚΟΥCY[ ------------ ]ΑθΗΚΗC
ΔΙΟΝΥCIOYZ[ -------- ]ΑΝΑEY
ΦΑΝΟΥCKAI[ -------- ]WVOC
YIOYAYTWN[ ---------- ]IHC
Translation
For the well-being [of the Sebastoi?], from the will of Dionysius, Z[ ] (dedicates) the statues [ ] of [ ] and Theos Arabikos [ ] and [ ] their son[ ] in the year 208.
Diplomatic Constituted From
Jones 1928 and Welles 1938
Translation Constituted From
Jones 1928 and Welles 1938
Notes
These two blocks were found built into the wall of the Nymphaeum, which dates to 190 CE. As the dedicatory inscription is dated to 145/146 CE (in the local era=208; but cf. Welles 1938, 386), the base and associated statues were apparently only on display for half a century before being reused.
Jones (1985, 158) restores ΔΕΟC ΗΛΙΟΥ as the first deity in the inscription. Theos Arabikos is mentioned in several other Gerasene inscriptions (Welles 1938, 384-386 nos.19-22); Theos Arabikos may be associated with the Arab deity Dusares, or perhaps with the Gerasene god Pakeidas (Welles 1938, 385).
Selected Bibliography
Jones, A.H.M. 1928. "Inscriptions from Jerash," Journal of Roman Studies 18:144-178 (pg.158-159, no.18)
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Title
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Dedicatory inscription for statues dedicated to Theos Arabikos and an unknown additional god (GER0108)
Description
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Dedicatory inscription from Gerasa (145/146 CE) for a statue and base to an unknown god (Zeus Helios?) and Theos Arabikos by Z]?, son of Dionysius and a mother (name is not preserved, but her presence in the inscription is implied by αυτων in the last line)
Source
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Gerasa
Publisher
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Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.386, no.22, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
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145/146 CE
Format
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Stone
Language
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Greek
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
GER0108
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
223b1cf7-2a22-4ffd-8873-905701e42013
Gerasa
Greek
inscribed
inscription
mother
parent
statue
stone