Dedicatory inscription to Zeus Helios Sarapis and Isis (GER0106)
Dublin Core
Title
Dedicatory inscription to Zeus Helios Sarapis and Isis (GER0106)
Description
Dedicatory inscription to Zeus Helios Sarapis and Isis from Malchos son of Demetrios, priest of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, at Gerasa (143 CE), possibly belonging to a temple.
Source
Publisher
Welles, C. 1938. "The Inscriptions," pg.382-383, no.15, pl.CVIII, in Gerasa: city of the Decapolis, C.H. Kraeling (ed.).
Date
Format
Limestone?
Language
Identifier
GER0106
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
e1774555-45e1-4005-8ef6-994de5e24e89
Dedicatory Inscription Item Type Metadata
Dedicatory Type
Building (temple)
Description
Inscription covering seven different blocks of unknown material.
Measurements of blocks:
Stone A: 0.80x0.64m
Stone B: 0.66m x 0.63m
Stone C: 0.68m x 0.63,
Stone D: 0.95m x 0.63m
Stone E: 0.78m x 0.63m (0.40-0.45m thick)
F and G=no recorded measurements
Measurements of blocks:
Stone A: 0.80x0.64m
Stone B: 0.66m x 0.63m
Stone C: 0.68m x 0.63,
Stone D: 0.95m x 0.63m
Stone E: 0.78m x 0.63m (0.40-0.45m thick)
F and G=no recorded measurements
Letters
Letter size=0.08m
Findspot
Block A: inside Southwest Gate
B: east of Artemis Propylaea
C: Southwest Gate
D: reused in cardo wall south of Artemis temple
E: east of the Artemis propylaea
F: reused in a wall in the modern village
G: unknown
B: east of Artemis Propylaea
C: Southwest Gate
D: reused in cardo wall south of Artemis temple
E: east of the Artemis propylaea
F: reused in a wall in the modern village
G: unknown
Original Context (if known)
Temple of Zeus Helios Sarapis and Isis near Southwest Gate (Welles)
Name 1
Role 2
Name 3
Role 3
Name 4
Role 4
Citation
“Dedicatory inscription to Zeus Helios Sarapis and Isis (GER0106),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/11.