Description: Three adjoining fragments from the right side of a marble
panel,
chipped at the edges (w:
0.13 x h:
0.12 x d:
0.07).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: 0.012-0.02; rather roughly cut.
Date: 81-96 CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Street of the Monuments; found in 1955.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tolmeita Museum
Apparatus
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Domitia Augusta, wife of Emperor Domiian Caesar Augustus, victor in Germania: [ . . -]os (scil. son) of Ial, [ . . . ], Hyperbassas [priests ] of Apollo (scil. dedicated her statue)
Commentary
The dedication of a statue of the wife or daughter of a reigning emperor. From what survives of his name and titles, the choice lies between Domitian and Trajan and Domitian's name fills the requirements of the spacing better.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).