Dedication to Augustus and to one of his children
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Between 12 BCE and 14 CE
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Bibliography

[^1] Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι θεῶ υἱῷ θεῷ Σεβαστῷ ἀρχιερεῖ τὸν βωμὸν οἱ Κυραναῖοι ἱδρύσαντο

[^1: It is possible to reconstruct a text from these fragments on the following lines:]

[...] Καίσαρος Σεβαστῶ παιδὶ [...]τὸν βωμὸν οἱ Κυραναῖοι ἱδρύσαντο

Translations

[^2]: For Emperor Caesar, son of a god, deified Augustus, high priest pontifex maximus, the Cyrenaeans set up the altar.

[^2: a]

[^3]: [For ? ], child of Caesar Augustus [ . . . the Cyrenaeans] set up [the altar].

[^3: a]

Commentary

[^4]: If the title ἀρχιερεύς is rightly restored the date must be later than 6 March 12 BCE We can find no other explanation the letters in fragment iv, ΩΘ than by suggesting that Augustus was himself called θεὸς, as happened during his lifetime in a number of places in the East of the empire.

[^4: a]

[^5] was clearly from an altar set up to one of the adoptive sons of Augustus but is too fragmentary for serious reconstruction. Since only one child is involved the reference is likely to be either Gaius Caesar from his adoption in BCE to CE 4, e. g. Γαίῳ Καισαρι Αὐτοκράτορος] Καίσαρος Σεβάστῳ παιδί, or Tiberius (CE 4-14) who is described as θεοῦ Σεβαστοῦ παῖδα in IGRR IV.72 (PHI 75225, at Eresos). The existence of other dedications to Tiberius made in Cyrene between CE 4 and 14 (C.118, C.225, C.226, ?C.111) strongly suggests that he was the subject here, but Julia also cannot be excluded - she is called παῖς at Mitylene in IGRR IV.64 (PHI): Ἰουλίαν, παῖδα Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος θέω Σεβάστω.

[^5: b]