Fragmentary building inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Fourth-fifth century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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ἐπὶ τοῦ κυρίου μου Φλαουίου Διδύμου τοῦ [...]

[...] καὶ τοῦ [...]

Translation

a: [Under/of] my lord Flavius Didymos the [ . . .

b: . . . ] and of the [ . . .

Commentary

Didymus: PLRE I, Didymus 3; he was probably the governor. The script here perhaps suggests a fifth century date. For the phrasing 'my lord', used of public officials, the examples are most commonly found in the eastern provinces: so in 440 at Gerasa, in 440: ἐπὶ τοῦ κυρίου μου Φλ(αουίου) Ἀνατολίου τοῦ μεγαλοπ(ρεπεστάτου) στρατηλάτου καὶ ὑπάτου, Gerasa 273 available at PHI 305201 and for the same man at Bosra, ἐκ κελεύσεως τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου στρατηλάτου ὑπάτου Ἀνατολίου, IGLS 13.1, 9118, available at PHI 245679; earlier examples are from Arabia, 365/6: ἐκ καιλεύσεος τοῦ κυρίου μου Μαξιμίνου, SEG 7.1164, available at PHI 321296 or in Egypt, at Athribis, in 374: ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ κυρίου μου λαμπροτάτου ἐπάρχου τῆς Αἰγύπτου, SEG 24.1194, available at PHI 223395..