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[261] Dedication to Antoninus Pius, Dionysos, and Initiates (138-161 CE) ║ Kyzikos area [Prokonnesos] - Mysia and the Troad

Kyzikos area [Prokonnesos] (Mysia and the Troad, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 138-161 CE
AGRW 261 = IMT 1306 = PHI 288610 = AGRW ID# 1739

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Dedicated to emperor Caesar Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius, to the god Dionysos, and to the initiates (mystai). Tiberius Claudius Rufus set this up.

Translation by: Ascough

Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι Αἰλί|ῳ Ἁδριανῷ Ἀντωνείνῳ | Σεβαστῷ Εὐσεβεῖ | καὶ θεῷ Διονύσῳ κ(αὶ) μυσταῖ[ς] || Τι. Κλαύδιος Ῥοῦφος | ἀνέθηκε.

Item added: March 2, 2012
Item modified: December 3, 2015
ID number: 1739
Short link address:
http://www.philipharland.com/greco-roman-associations/?p=1739

Category: 3) Asia Minor, c) Mysia and the Troad, Dedication inscription, Dionysos, f) 2nd century CE, Mysteries or initiations / initiates, Roman emperor or imperial figure (as a deity)