Dedication to Apollo and Artemis on behalf of Nero
created: Read from the photograph.(Reynolds).
source date: CE 57-58
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Bibliography

[...], 12, p.139 and Fig. 31, whence [...] 1929.10, [...] 404, [...], 96 [...] 9.99; discussed [...], whence [...], 1978.559; mentioned [...], 217.

Ἀπόλλωνι κτίστη καὶ Ἀρτέμιδι ὑπὲρ τῆς Κλαυδίου Δρούσου Γερμανικοῦ Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος νίκης καὶ σωτηρίας καὶ τοῦ σύνπαντος αὐτοῦ οἴκου τὴν κρήνην αἱ ἱέρειαι τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἀνέθηκαν τῇ [...]

Translation

Ad Apollo Ctiste e... Per la vittoria e la salute del imperatore Cesare Augusto Nerone Claudio Druso Germanico e di tutta la sua casa... consacrarono la fontana...

To Apollo the Founder and [Artemis] on behalf of the victory and salvation of Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, Caesar, Augustus, Emperor, and his whole household; the [?priestesses of Artemis] dedicated the fountain [ . . .

Commentary

All details are taken from Oliverio.

The text closely parallels C.228, probably of CE 57/58; the use of κοινή forms, however, throughout this inscription is in marked contrast to the Doric of C.228.

Line 1: A second divinity, as in C.228, is more probable than a second cult title for Apollo (σωτῆρι) as proposed by Oliverio.

Line 6: Perhaps a reference to the Fountain of Apollo, or to one of the several fountains on the Temple Terrace.

Line 7: Oliverio's tentative suggestion would suggest a further dedication to different divinities, which hardly seems consistent with line 1; the space was more probably occupied by a date, beginning with the day of the month.