Inscription from the tomb of Germanus (GER0209)
Dublin Core
Title
Inscription from the tomb of Germanus (GER0209)
Description
An inscription over the entrance to the tomb of Germanus, a centurion, dedicated by his unnamed wife.
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.451-2, no.219, pl.CXVI,a,, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Rights
Image 1 (photo): Welles 1938.
Images 2 (drawing): Schumacher 1900.
Images 2 (drawing): Schumacher 1900.
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER0209
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
26d1c522-b3f1-499a-98fc-3ab905d2d022
Funerary inscription Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
0.86 m long
0.9 m tall
0.9 m tall
Edition
Χαίρετε. Κλημοφόρου στρατιῆσ[ι]ν ἀέθλια μάχρα τελέσσας
ἐνθάδε Γερμανὸς σῶμα λυθεὶς ἐτέθην,
ἓπτα χαὶ ἑβδομήχοντα μεταλλάξας ἐνιαυτῶν,
ἡγεμόνων ὑπάτων χρησάμενος φιλίαις.
ούδένι δ’ ἐξέσται ἂλλῳ τινί τῆδε τεθῆναι
ἢ μόνη ἡδίστη συ[μβ]ίω ἁγνοτάτη. Χαίρετε.
ἐνθάδε Γερμανὸς σῶμα λυθεὶς ἐτέθην,
ἓπτα χαὶ ἑβδομήχοντα μεταλλάξας ἐνιαυτῶν,
ἡγεμόνων ὑπάτων χρησάμενος φιλίαις.
ούδένι δ’ ἐξέσται ἂλλῳ τινί τῆδε τεθῆναι
ἢ μόνη ἡδίστη συ[μβ]ίω ἁγνοτάτη. Χαίρετε.
Edition Constituted From
Welles 1938
Translation Constituted From
Lucas 1901
Letters
4.5 cm tall
Findspot
Birketein area
Current Location (if known)
Reported in museum by Welles (1938). No inv. no. given.
Name 1
Role 1
Selected Bibliography
Lucas, H. 1901. Reportorium der grieschischen Inshriften aus Gerasa" in MNDPV (1901): 49-83 (74, no.81).
Schumacher. MNDPV 1900.
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.451-2, no.219, pl.CXVI,a,, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Schumacher. MNDPV 1900.
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.451-2, no.219, pl.CXVI,a,, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Citation
“Inscription from the tomb of Germanus (GER0209),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/25.