Building inscription for the restoration of the Temple of Zeus
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: CE 172-175
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Bibliography

[...], 5 (three blocks only), whence [...], 1953.251, [...] 1954.41 , reviewed by J.Bingen, Chronique d'Egypte XXVIII (1953) 186, whence [...], 1955.276; republished [...] vol. XXVI, no.A, p. 31-34, fig. 1, p. 32; whence [...] 1960.260, [...] 17.800, [...] 324413, [...], 22, discussed, with bibliography, A. Blanco Pérez in [...]

ὑπὲρ τᾶς Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκω Αὐρηλίω Ἀντωνείνω Σεβαστῶ Ἀρμενιακῶ Παρθικῶ Μηδικῶ Γερμανικῶ τύχας καὶ νείκας καὶ αἰωνίας διαμονᾶς καὶ τῶ σύνπαντος ὠτῶ οἴκω καὶ ἱερᾶς συνκλήτω καὶ δάμω Ῥωμαίων ἁ πόλις ἁ Κυρανάων ἁ ματρόπολις τὸν ναὸν τῶ Διὸς [...] τὸν καταβληθέντα το͂ι Ἰουδαικο͂ι ταράχοι [...] [...]μα ἀνέστασεν [...]

Translations

[Lines 1-5]: Für das Glück (τύχη) und den Sieg und die ewige Dauer des Imperators Caesar M(arcus) Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Parthicus Medicus Germanicus und für sein gesamtes Haus und den heiligen Senat und das Volk der Römer hat die Stadt der Kyrener, die Metropolis, den Tempel des Zeus . . ., den im jüdischen Aufstand umgestürzten . . . wieder aufgestellet . . .

For the fortune, victory, and everlasting preservation of the emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Parthicus Medicus Germanicus and all his house and the sacred Senate and People of the Romans, the city of the Cyreneans, the metropolis, the temple of [Zeus] seized in the Jewish riots [...] rebuilt.

On behalf of the fortune and victory and [eternal endurance] of the Emperor M(arcus) Aurelius Antoninus [Augustus], victor in [Armenia] victor in Parthia, [victor in Media], victor in Germania, and for his whole house, and the sacred senate [and the people of the Romans], the city of the Cyreneians, the metropolis, set up/restored the [temple] of [Zeus] which had been thrown down in the Jewish [revolt . . .

Commentary

For discussion and bibliography see A. Blanco Pérez., loc.cit.

Line 2: between 172 when Marcus became Germanicus, and 175 when he became also Sarmaticus.

Line 4: at the end of the line there was very probably a cult title for Zeus.

Line 6: Here there may have been a reference to the authority stimulating the Cyrenaeans to rebuild, e.g. [...κατὰ τὸ Αὐτοκράτ] / [ορος διάταγ]μα ἀνέστα[σ]εν [...] or conceivably, to the cult statue, e.g. [... ἀνωκοδόμησεν] / [καὶ τὸ ἄγαλ]μα ἀνέστα[σ]εν [...] but as the statue was probably paid for privately this seems less likely.