Dedicatory inscription on an altar to the god Pakeidas by Tyche (GER0104)
Dublin Core
Title
Dedicatory inscription on an altar to the god Pakeidas by Tyche (GER0104)
Description
Small altar from Gerasa (late 1st c. CE) with inscription dedicated to the god Pakeidas, by Tyche, a slave of Apollas son of Lesbos.
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.384, no.18, pl.XCVIII, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Rights
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.384, no.18, pl.XCVIII, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER0104
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
32619260-41eb-4095-847b-6489f2268320
Altar Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
0.68x.28m
Description of Altar and Decoration
Small altar (0.68m high, 0.28m wide) with mouldings along top and bottom; inscription appears on a single side. Letters are roughly cut and crowded, with little differentiation in lines of text.
Location of Inscription
One side
Diplomatic
ΑΓΙW Π
ΑΚΕΙΔΑΤΥ
ΧΗΔΟΥΛΗ
ΑΠΟΛΛΑ
ΛΕCΒΟΥ
ΑΝΕΘΗ
ΚΕΝ
ΑΚΕΙΔΑΤΥ
ΧΗΔΟΥΛΗ
ΑΠΟΛΛΑ
ΛΕCΒΟΥ
ΑΝΕΘΗ
ΚΕΝ
Translation
To holy Pakeidas, Tyche, the slave of Apollas son of Lesbos, set (this) up.
Diplomatic Constituted From
Welles 1938
Letters
Letter size=0.02-0.035m.
Findspot
Room B59 of Clergy House
Name 1
Name 2
Role 2
Selected Bibliography
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.), 355-496. Baltimore: The American Schools of Oriental Research.
Citation
“Dedicatory inscription on an altar to the god Pakeidas by Tyche (GER0104),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/8.