Building inscription from the Temple of Zeus
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: First century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

Part, [...], 7, p. 94, and fig. 5, whence [...] 1954.43, whence [...] 017732; republished [...], D, pp. 37-39, whence [...] 1960.263, whence [...] 019024.

[...]s [...] proconsul Ioui Augusto

Translation

. . . proconsul, for Jupiter Augustus.

Commentary

The remainder of the architrave has almost certainly perished.

For the text see also C.419, line 1, which cannot be much later than the last decade of Augustus. The two texts are likely to be approximately contemporary, so that an extensive restoration of the Temple under Augustus or Tiberius is indicated. For the transformation of Zeus into Jupiter Augustus cf. e.g. OGIS 659 ( at PHI 219076) of CE 1-3 from Tentyris in Egypt, ὑπὲρ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος θεοῦ υἱοῦ Διὸς Ἐλευθερίου Σεβαστοῦ.

For the stop - in the form of an ampulla - compare C.3, C.9, line 3.

Also noteworthy is the prominence given to the name of the proconsul.