Building inscription of the Nomophylakeion by Domitian
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: CE 86-94
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...], 415-6, whence [...] 1927.142, whence [...] 025375.

Imperator Caesar diui Vespasiani filius Augustus Germanicus pontifex maximus tribunicia potestate [...] Imperator [...]II consul X[...] pater patriae censor perpetuus [...]

Translation

Emperor Caesar, son of the [deified] Vespasian, Domitian [Augustus, victor in Germa]ny, high priest pontifex maximus, holding tribunician [power for the -th time, acclaimed Imperator for the -]th time, consul for the tenth [or more] time, father of the country, perpetual censor [ . . .

Commentary

Line 2: the superscript bar shows that at least one figure is missing before the break. Domitian was consul for the tenth time (COS X) on 1st Jan 84, but there is space for approximately two more figures in the gap. If it was filled, as seems probable, the possibilities lie between XII and XIV, 1st Jan 86 - 31st Dec 94, a period during which he was Imp. XII, XIII, XIIII in 86-87, XVII, XVIII, XVIIII in 88, 89 and XXII from the 1st July 93; the inscription must therefore have been cut either between 86 and 89 (before he became Imp. XX and omitting those months of 88 when he was Imp XV and XVI) or between 1st July 93 and 31st Dec 94.

Perhaps restituit or restitui iussit, since the building clearly existed before Domitian; but the portico may have been new and if so the verb was perhaps simply dedit.