Description: Brown limestone stele
(w:
0.66 x h:
1.04 x d:
0.51).
Text: Inscribed on three faces: a on the front, b to the left of a,
c to the right of a. The vacant spaces shown in b, lines 1, 2 and c, line 5 mark holes in the stone avoided by the mason.
Letters: Average 0.04.
Date: 74 CE, first half
Findspot:
Gebel Akhdar: East of Cyrene:
Ras al-Hilal; found in 1961.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Apollonia Museum, 2008.
Interpretive
a
Imp(erator) Caisar Vesp[a-]
sianus Aug(ustus) pont(ifex) max(imus)
ṭrib(unicia) pot(estate) V imp(erator) X p(ater) p(atriae) co(n)s(ul) V
per Q(uintum) Paconium Agrippi-
5nuṃ leg(atum) suum agrum
regium P(opulo) R(omano) restituit
Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ
Οὐεσπασιανὸς ἀρχιε-
ρεὺς μέγιστος δημαρ-
10χικῆς ἐξουσίας ε´ ( vac. 1)
( vac. )
b
( vac. 3) Αὐτ̣[οκράτω-]
ρ̣ ι̣´ πατὴ̣[ρ πα-]
( vac. 1)τρίδος [ὕπα-]
τος [ε´ ( vac. 1)].
( vac. ) c
[διὰ Κ(ουΐντου) Πα]κ̣ω̣νίου [Ἀγρ-]
[ι]ππίνου
ἰδίου πρ̣[ε]σ-
βε̣υτοῦ ἀ̣γ̣ρ̣ὸν [β-]
5ασιλικ( vac. 1)ὸν Δ(ήμῳ) Ῥ(ωμαίων)
[ἀπ]οκατέσ[τη-]
σεν ( vac. 3)
Diplomatic
a
IMPCAISARVESP[.-]
SIANUSAUGPONTMAX
.RIBPOTVIMPXPPCOSV
PERQPACONIUMAGRIPPI
5NU.LEGSUUMAGRUM
REGIUMPRRESTITUIT
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡΚΑΙΣΑΡ
ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣΑΡΧΙΕ
ΡΕΥΣΜΕΓΙΣΤΟΣΔΗΜΑΡ
10ΧΙΚΗΣΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΣΕ
vacat
b
ΑΥ.[......-]
..ΠΑΤ.[...-]
ΤΡΙΔΟΣ[...-]
ΤΟΣ[..]
vacat c
[.......]..ΝΙΟΥ[...-]
[.]ΠΠΙΝΟΥ
ΙΔΙΟΥΠ.[.]Σ
Β.ΥΤΟΥ...ΟΝ[.-]
5ΑΣΙΛΙΚ ΟΝΔΡ
[..]ΟΚΑΤΕΣ[..-]
ΣΕΝ
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Latin): Emperor Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, pontifex maximus, holding tribunician power for the fifth time, acclaimed imperator ten times, fatehr of the fatherland, consul five times; through the agency of Q(uintus) Paconius Agrippinus, his envoy, restored the royal estate to the Roman People.
(Greek): Emperor Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, high priest, holding tribunician power for the fifth time, acclaimed imperator ten times, father of the fatherland, consul five times, through the agency of [Q(uintus) Pa]conius Agrippinus, his envoy, restored the royal estate to the Roman People.
Bibliography: Mentioned Kenrick, 2013, 285.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face a (2008, H.Walda)
Fig. 2. Face a (2008, H.Walda)
Fig. 3. Face b (2008, H.Walda)
Fig. 4. Face c (2008, H.Walda)