Altar with dedication to Zeus Ouranios mentioning Julia Domna (GER0116)
Dublin Core
Title
Altar with dedication to Zeus Ouranios mentioning Julia Domna (GER0116)
Description
Altar from the hippodrome at Gerasa dated 209-212 CE set up by the son of Nikomachos for Julia Domna and another member of the imperial family, probably Geta
Source
Publisher
Borkowski, Z. 1989. "Inscriptions on Altars from the Hippodrome of Gerasa," Syria 66(1/4):81.
Date
Rights
Borkowski 1989
Format
Stone
Language
Identifier
GER0116
IIIF Item Metadata
UUID
76e3c2e3-af5a-48a1-b213-6fdd57559638
Altar Item Type Metadata
Description of Altar and Decoration
Small altar with mouldings at top and bottom.
Location of Inscription
On top moulding, face, and bottom moulding of a single side.
Diplomatic
ΑΓΑΘΗΤΥΧΗ
ΥΠΕΡCΤΕΡΙΑCΤW
ΝΚΥΡΙWΝΗ[---
[-------------]
[------------]IOYL
IACΔΟΜΝΑCCEB
ΔΙΙΟΥΡΑΝΙWΔ[----]
ΙWΝΝΕΙKΟΜΑX[--
ΚΑΤΕΥΧ[
ΥΠΕΡCΤΕΡΙΑCΤW
ΝΚΥΡΙWΝΗ[---
[-------------]
[------------]IOYL
IACΔΟΜΝΑCCEB
ΔΙΙΟΥΡΑΝΙWΔ[----]
ΙWΝΝΕΙKΟΜΑX[--
ΚΑΤΕΥΧ[
Translation
Agathe Tyche. For the well-being of our lords... [erased + broken]...Julia Domna Sebaste to Zeus Ouranios...[fragmentary]...son of Nikomachos, according to a vow.
Diplomatic Constituted From
Borkowski 1999
Translation Constituted From
Borkowski 1999
Letters
Square alphabet
Findspot
Hippodrome
Original Context (if known)
On top of the carceres (starting gates) at the Hippodrome
Name 1
Role 1
Name 2
Role 2
Name 3
Name 4
Role 4
Notes
Line 4 of the inscription is partially deliberately erased, and partially broken; Borkowski (1989, 81) notes that ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥCΕΠΤΙΜΙΟΥΓΕΤΑ (Publius Septimius Geta) fits the lacuna, probably with the title CΕΒΑCTOC (Augustus) in the lacuna in line 5. The erasure in line 4 should date to after Geta's death and damnatio memoriae in 211 CE.
Citation
“Altar with dedication to Zeus Ouranios mentioning Julia Domna (GER0116),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/21.