Dedication to Apollo on behalf of Nero
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: CE 56/57
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Bibliography

[...], 5138, p.519 from a copy made in 1819 by Fr. Pacifico da Monte Cassiano and passed to Pietro Negri, the Sardinian consul in Tripoli; transcribed in a letter by Smith, [...], 52; [...], 13, p. 113 and pl. 81; from these [...], I.1035 and, from a copy by de Mathuisieulx (lines 4 and 5), [...] addenda I.1518; from these [...], 67; discussed [...], whence [...], 1978.559.

ὑπὲρ τῆς Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος νίκης καὶ σωτηρίας καὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ πάντος Ἀπόλλωνι Μυρτώῳ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γέμελλος ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος

Translation

Per la vittoria e la salute di Nerone Claudio Cesare e di tutta la sua casa, M. Antonio Gemello, a spese del tempio di Apollo, (dedicò) ad Apollo Myrtoo.

For the victory and the safety of Nero Claudius Caesar, and his whole household, to Apollo Murtoos. M(arkos) Antonios Gemellos M(arcus) Antonius Gemellus made the dedication from the funds of Apollo.

Commentary

Apparently more or less a pair with C.287; see discussion there for the date and the victory.

Line 4: For this epithet for Apollo at Cyrene see IGCyr006000; the title may be purely local, see Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 91 (at Perseus); but cf. the appearance of Ἀπόλλων Μυρτάτης in Cyprus (most recently published as SEG 33.655, available at PHI PH303521).

Line 5: See on C.287 for his identity and the probable dating of his priesthood in CE 56/57.