Building inscription for repairs after the Jewish revolt
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source date: CE December 117-December 118
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[...], E.1 (block b and part of block d only), whence [...] 1951.123, whence [...] 021148, [...], 1951.244; all four blocks [...], IV.a, p. 161f, whence [...], 1960.438, [...] 17.804, [...] 324417, [...], 1960.438, and see also [...]; republished [...], C.5; [...], 17; translated, [...], V.87. For the original location see [...], 143-145, whence [...], 1993.697, [...] 42.1665; discussed, [...]; mentioned [...], 156 and following.

Imperator Caesar diui Traiani Parthici filius diui Nerua nepos Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pontifex maximus tribunicia potestate II consul II ciuitati Cyrenensium Caesareum tumultu Iudaico dirutum et exustum restitui iussit

Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ θεοῦ Τραιανοῦ Παρθικοῦ υἱὸς θεοῦ Νέρουα υἱωνὸς Τραιανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστὸς ἀρχιερεὺς μέγιστος δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας τὸ β ὕπατος τὸ β τῇ πόλει τὸ Καισάρειον ἐν τῶι Ἰουδαικῶι ταράχωι κατεστραμμένον κατασταθῆναι ἐκέλευσεν.

Translations

[Lines 1-2]: Der Imperator Caesar, Sohn des zum Gott erhobenen Traianus Parthicus, Enkel des zum Gott erhobenen Nerva, Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, im zweiten Jahr der tribunizischen Gewalt, zum zweiten Mal Konsul, befahl, dass für die Bürgerschaft der Kyrener das im jüdischen Aufstand zerstörte und abgebrannte Caesareum widerhergestellt werde.

[Lines 1-2]: [Emperor Caesar] son of the deified Trajan, [victor in Parthia,] grandson of the deified [Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the second time, consul for the second time], [gave orders for the Caesareu]m, destroyed [and burnt in the Jewish] revolt, [to be restored for the city] of the Cyrenaeans.

[Lines 3-4]: [Emperor] Caesar son of the deified Trajan, victor in Parthia, grandson of the deified Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus, [chief] priest, holding tribunician [power] for the second time, [consul for the second time], gave orders for the Cae[sareum, destroyed in the Jewish revolt, to be] restored for the city.

Commentary

The date is between 10th December 117 and 9th December 118. The date indicates that repairs to this building were executed with some speed after the suppression of the Jewish revolt of 115.

Line 2:The Latin word [Caesareum] is restored from the Greek text. In the Greek, τὸ καπ[ετώλιον is a theoretically possible alternative, but if Cyrene had a Capitolium and if it was correctly identified by Gislanzoni these blocks cannot have belonged to it. Despite their scattered findspots and a difficulty in deciding where in the Caesareum they can have been placed originally, it seems reasonable to conclude that it is to the Caesareum that they refer.

There may have been a duplicate text, see C.6, C.10