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Dedication (frag.) of Buildings to Emperor Vespasian by Shippers (70/71 CE) Nikomedia - Bithynia


Nikomedia (Bithynia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 70/71 CE
TAM IV 22 = IGR III 4 = PHI 278842 = AGRW ID# 13308
Copenhagen Inventory info: 125


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The shippers (nauklēroi) dedicated the . . . sanctuary (temenos) (?). . . and the shippers’ building (oikos) to . . . emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus.   Marcus Plancius . . . Varus, proconsul (anthypatos) (?) . . . having given his opinion (?) about the construction . . .  (remainder too fragmentary).

Translation by: Harland



[Αὐτοκράτορι Οὐ]εσπασια[ν]ῷ Καίσαρι Σε[βαστῷ] | [— — — τέ]με[ν]ος καὶ ο[ἶ]κον ναυκλη[ρικὸν οἱ] | [— — — ναύ]κληροι, Μάρ[κ]ου Πλανκίου Ο[ὐάρου] | [ἀνθυπάτου κατασκευ]ασθῆ[ν]αι [ἀ]πο[φ]ηναμένου, Κα[— — —] || [— — —]ος ἀνθύπατος καδιέρωσε [— — —] | [— — —]ΔΟΥΩΥΙΟΥΟ[— — —] | [— — —]

Item added: June 20, 2013
Item modified: September 18, 2020
ID number: 13308
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