Description: Three marble
blocks, crowned by an upper
cornice which is broken above and to the right: the
ensemble supported a statue. No overall measurements.
Text:
Inscribed on the cornice (A) and
on the blocks (B); inscribed area w:
0.48 x h:
0.93
Letters: A: 0.068, B: Line 1, 0.045, lines 2 following, 0.035-0.04; lunate sigma and epsilon
Date: After 161 CE (context)
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna:
Regio V, in the
Serapeion: the left hand anta enclosing the steps to the temple.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot
Interpretive
A
[Ζ]εὺϲ ( vac. ) Ϲ[άραπιϲ?] B
Διὶ Ἡλίῳ μεγά-
λῳ Ϲαράπιδι καὶ τοῖϲ
συννάοιϲ θεοῖϲ
Αὐρήλιοϲ Διόϲκοροϲ ϲὺν
5Αὐρηλίῳ Διοϲκόρῳ τῷ πατρὶ
καὶ Αὐρηλίᾳ Θεωδώρᾳ τῇ ἀδελφῇ
καὶ Κανουληίᾳ Κλαυδιανῇ τῇ
ϲυμβίῳ καὶ τοῖϲ τέκνοιϲ Αὐρηλί-
ῳ Διοσκόρῳ καὶ Αὐρηλίᾳ Εὐτυ-
10χίᾳ καὶ τοῖϲ τῆϲ ἀδελφῆϲ τέ-
κνοιϲ Αὐρηλίῳ Ποτάμωνι καὶ
Αὐρηλίᾳ Θεοδώρᾳ καὶ Αὐρηλίῳ
Ποτάμωνι τῷ τούτων πατρί,
ἐπιφανεϲτάτῳ θεῷ ἐκ μεγά-
15ληϲ νόϲου διαϲωθεὶϲ εὐχαρι-
ϲτήριον ἀνέθηκα ἐπ’ἀγαθῷ
Diplomatic
AB
ΔΙΙΗΛΙΩΜΕΓΑ
ΛΩϹΑΡΑΠΙΔΙΚΑΙΤΟΙϹ
ΣΥΝΝΑΟΙϹΘΕΟΙϹ
ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹΔΙΟϹΚΟΡΟϹϹΥΝ
5ΑΥΡΗΛΙΩΔΙΟϹΚΟΡΩΤΩΠΑΤΡΙ
ΚΑΙΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΘΕΩΔΩΡΑΤΗΑΔΕΛΦΗ
ΚΑΙΚΑΝΟΥΛΗΙΑΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΗΤΗ
ϹΥΜΒΙΩΚΑΙΤΟΙϹΤΕΚΝΟΙϹΑΥΡΗΛΙ
ΩΔΙΟΣΚΟΡΩΚΑΙΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΕΥΤΥ
10ΧΙΑΚΑΙΤΟΙϹΤΗϹΑΔΕΛΦΗϹΤΕ
ΚΝΟΙϹΑΥΡΗΛΙΩΠΟΤΑΜΩΝΙΚΑΙ
ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΘΕΟΔΩΡΑΚΑΙΑΥΡΗΛΙΩ
ΠΟΤΑΜΩΝΙΤΩΤΟΥΤΩΝΠΑΤΡΙ
ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕϹΤΑΤΩΘΕΩΕΚΜΕΓΑ
15ΛΗϹΝΟϹΟΥΔΙΑϹΩΘΕΙϹΕΥΧΑΡΙ
ϹΤΗΡΙΟΝΑΝΕΘΗΚΑΕΠΑΓΑΘΩ
French translation
Translation source: AE
(A): Zeus Sarapis.
(B): À Zeus Helios Grand Sarapis et aux dieux synnaoi, moi, Aurelius Dioscoros, avec Aurelius Dioscoros, mon pere, Aurelia Theodora,
ma soeur, Canuleia Claudianè, mon épouse, Aurelius Dioscoros et Aurelia Eutychia, mes enfants, Aurelius Potamon et Aurelia
Theodora, les enfants de ma soeur, et Aurelius Potamon, le père de ces derniers, sauvé d'une grave maladie, j'ai fait cette
consécration à un dieu tres visible en action de grâces, pour le bien.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(A): Zeus S[erapis]. (B): To Zeus Helios great Serapis, and the gods who share the temple: Aurelius Dioskoros with Aurelius Dioskoros my father and
Aurelia Theodora my sister and Kanuleia Klaudiane my wife and the children, Aurelius Dioskoros and Aurelia Eutychia and the
children of my sister, Aurelius Potamon and Aurelia Theodora, and Aurelius Potamon their father, to the most visible God,
having been saved from a serious illness I set up (scil. this) thank-offering, for good.
Bibliography: Pugliese-Carratelli, 2003 1, 272, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique 2004.459, AE 2003.1903, SEG 53.1168, whence PHI 323914
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