Anonymous dedication
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Probably Augustan
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...], 17 and pl. LXIII, whence [...] 27.1181.

αὐτὸϲ οἶδεν

Translations

He the god knows who gave this.

Commentary

Cf. phrases such as ὐπὲρ εὐχῆς οὖ ὁ θεὸς εἶδεν τὸ ὄνομα, SEG XV.14 (PHI 290783) and cuius nomen Deus scit uotum soluit, Diehl 2488 (EDH 5915); for later usages see C. Roueché (with D. Feissel) ‘Interpreting the signs: anonymity and concealment in Late Antique inscriptions’ (2007).