Building inscription of the Caesareum
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Probably Augustan
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

Bibliography

[...], I, p.159, whence [...] 17.803, [...] 324416, [...] 1960.265; [...], C.10 and fig. 14.

ὑπὲρ Ῥώμας [...]

Apparatus

On behalf of Rome [...]

Commentary

Since we know the building was called Caesareum, from C.4, and cf. C.7, this text perhaps included the name Caesar, e.g. [καὶ θεῶ Καίσαρος] or [καὶ Καίσαρος Σεβαστῶ] or, perhaps [καὶ Καίσαρος διαμονᾶς] on the analogy of SEG 11.923, lines 28f. which prescribed sacrifices in the Caesareum at Gytheum and IEph 412 (available at PHI 247977) which gives the dedication of the Augusteum at Ephesus. If the letter-forms are correctly dated this is the oldest inscription to survive from the Caesareum and may be a record of the original dedication of the building as a centre of imperial cult. For another Caesareum in Cyrenaica, see P.323 at Ptolemais.