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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1078. Dedication to Serapis

Description: Several fragmwents of a marble panel; no measurements
Text: Inscribed on the front face
Letters: No measurements; cursive omega.

Date: After 161 CE (context)

Findspot: Lepcis Magna: Regio V, in the Serapeion.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Διὶ Ἡλί[ῳ] μεγάλῳ
Σαράπιδι ((leaf)) καὶ ((leaf)) τοῖς
συννάοις ((leaf)) θεοῖς  
Λ(ούκιος) ((leaf)) Αὐρήλιος ((leaf)) Ἱέραξ
5ἀνέθηκεν  

Diplomatic

ΔΙΙΗΛΙ[.]ΜΕΓΑΛΩ
ΣΑΡΑΠΙΔΙ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΙΣ
ΣΥΝΝΑΟΙΣ ΘΕΟΙΣ  
Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΙΕΡΑΞ
5ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ 

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

To Zeus Helios, great Serapis, and the gods who share the temple: Lucius Aurelius Hierax set up (scil. the offering).

Bibliography: Pugliese-Carratelli, 2003 10, 274, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique 2004.459, AE 2003.1913, SEG 53.1178, whence PHI 323924

Images

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