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 March 28, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/14.

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