Building inscription of Hadrian
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: 117-138 CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

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Imperator Caesar diui Nervae Traiani Parthici filius diui Nervae nepos Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pontifex maximus tribunicia potestate consuli [...]

Apparatus

Translation

Emperor Caesar [Trajan Hadrian Augustus (scil. son)] of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia, (scil. grandson)] of deified Nerva, Chief Priest, holding tribunician power [ . . .

Commentary

This is probably Hadrian, whose names and titles fit the spacing much better than Trajan's; the text was clearly from a public building and the use of Latin indicates imperial sponsorship so that the imperial name is likely to be in the nominative case.

There is no clue to the precise date, but it may well belong early in Hadrian's reign, in the context of restoration after the Jewish Revolt of CE 115.