Building inscription for cisterns
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: 165-169 CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...], 3.b, fig. 4, whence [...], 1960.437, [...] 18.740, [...] 324444.

Ὑπὲρ νείκαϲ τῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων Καιϲάρων Μάρκω Αὐρηλίω Ἀντωνείνω καὶ Λουκίω Αὐρηλίω Οὐήρω Ϲεβαϲτῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν Παρθικῶν μεγίϲτων Μηδικῶν ἁ πόλιϲ ἁ Κυραναίων ἁ ματρόπολιϲ τᾶϲ Ἑξαπόλιοϲ τὰ ὑδρεγδοχία ἐκ τῶν δαμοϲίων χρημάτων κατεϲκεύαϲεν· ἐπὶ Πομπωνίω Ναιουανῶ τῶ κρατίϲτωι ἀνθυπάτωι ἀρξαμένωι καὶ ὀρύξαντοϲ ἐκ θεμελίων κατ’ αὐθεντείαϲ καὶ εὐεργεσίαϲ τῶν θειοτάτων Αὐτοκρατόρων καὶ ἀφιερώσαντοϲ μετὰ Ϲειλίωι Πλαυτίωι Ἁτεριανῶι τῶι κρατίϲτωι ταμία

Translations

On behalf of the victory of [the emperors Caesars Marcus] Aurelius [Antoninus and Lucius Verus] Augusti, victors in Armenia, [greatest victors in Parthia, victors in Media, the] city of the Cyrenaeans, the metropolis of [the six cities?] constructed [the] cisterns, from public funds, in the time of Pomponios Naiouianos Pomponius Naevianus the most excellent proconsul, who began and dug out the cisterns by the authority and generosity of the most divine emperors, and who consecrated them with Silios Plautios Haterianos Silius Plautius Haterianus the most excellent quaestor.

Commentary

Line 3: On the date of the imperial titles, see on C.166

Lines 4-5: The major public cisterns in this east area of the city lie not far south east of the East Church and this inscription is most likely to have come from them.

Line 4: See C.173, C.307 d.; this seems the most likely restoration

Line 5: Pomponius Naevianus (PIR 2, P 0741) is otherwise unknown

Line 8: For Silvius Plautius Haterianus see on C.166.