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Dedication to the Augustan Gods and the Society by Apollonianos (II-III CE) Hierapolis - Phrygia


Hierapolis (Phrygia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), II-III CE
SEG 33 (1983), no. 1135 = AE (1984), no. 855 = PHI 272922 = AGRW ID# 12108
Copenhagen Inventory info: 463


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Small, semi-circular base of marble. The "Augustan gods" refers to members of the imperial family as deities.

. . . Apollonianos, the temple-warden (neōkoros), dedicated this to the Augustan (Sebastoi) gods, the sacred society (thiasos) and the People . . . from his own resources.

Translation by: Harland



Θεοῖς Σεβαστοῖς καὶ τῶι ἱερῷ θιάσωι καὶ τῷ δή[μωι] | [- -]λ. Ἀπoλλωνιανὸς ὁ νεωκόρος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀνέ[θηκε]

Item added: May 13, 2013
Item modified: October 18, 2020
ID number: 12108
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