Fragmentary building inscription
created: Transcription, from the stone, a drawing by Pernier and the photograph (Paci); f
source date: 115-116 CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

Found in 1930 and copied by Pernier, whence [...], 1895-1903, whence [...] 2006.1651, [...] 56.2029, mentioned [...] 2007.558, [...], 216. .

ὑπὲρ τᾶϲ Αὐτοκράτοροϲ Νέρβα Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος Ϲεβαϲτοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Δακικοῦ νικᾶϲ καὶ διαμονᾶϲ [...]τα ἐκ τᾶν τῶ Ἀπόλλωνοϲ προϲόδων [...]

Translations

[For the victory and permanence of Emperor] Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus victor in Germany, victor in Dacia. . . ] from the income of Apollo [ . . .

Commentary

The block is apparently the second of three; the line length can be established and the text reconstructed provisionally. If the first line of the inscription was accurately centred the space available suggests that Trajan was given the title Δακικός. The date would then lie between 103 and 116, when he also became Παρθικός; Paci excludes dating later than early 115 on the grounds of the Jewish revolt of 115, The unusual position of Καίσαρος in the emperor's name should be noted.

In line 2, the letters ΤΑ no longer survive, but are read from the photograph. They are likely to represent either the end of the name of the priest responsible for the Temple or part of the cult title of the God to whom it was dedicated e.g. τὸν ναὸν τῶ Ἀπολλώνος νυνφαγέτα or ἀρχαγέτα; Paci suggests the word for the item dedicated, such as στεγάσμα]τα

p>The attribution to the small temple facing East (Kenrick, loc.cit.) is confirmed by the measurements; the attribution of this temple to Asklepios is a plausible hypothesis of Parisi Presicce, 1992, p.155.