Inscription Database

Votive inscription from Lepcis Magna – Al Khums (Africa Proconsularis)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD021657 (Last Updates: 2014-05-23, Bigi)

Transcription Majuscle
Ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ [τῶν κυ]ρίων ΑΓΑΘΗ ΤΥΧΗ [ ]ΡΙΩΝ
Ἀσσκληπιάδης θεῷ ΑΣΣΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΗΣ ΘΕΩ
Ἀσσκληπιῷ εὐχαριστήρ[ι]ον ΑΣΣΚΛΗΠΙΩ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΗΡ[ ]ΟΝ
 
Pro PRO
 
vic- VIC
 
to- TO
 
ria RIA
 
do- DO
 
mi- MI
 
no- NO
 
rum RVM
 
no- NO
 
stro- STRO
 
rum RVM
 
Aretes cau- ARETES CAV
sa dio(!) Aescu- SA DIO AESCV
lapio Ascle- LAPIO ASCLE
piades Ascle- PIADES ASCLE
[piadis filiu]s marm<o=A>rari[us] [ ]S MARMARARI[ ]
Nicomed(iensis) NICOMED
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1926, 0168.
  • AE 1948, 0101.
  • AE 1991, 1617.
  • SEG 09, 0804.
  • IRT 264. (B)
  • P. Romanelli, Leptis Magna (Roma 1925) 81; fig. 29. - AE 1926 - SEG 09.
  • U. Ciotti, BCAR 71, 1943-1945, 35-43; fig. 1 u. fig. 2. - AE 1948.
  • N. Benseddik, Esculape et Hygie en Afrique (Paris 2010), 61 u. 62; pl. 25, 1.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Libya
ancient find spot:
Lepcis Magna
modern find spot:
Al Khums
find spot:
modern region:
present location:
Al Khums, Lepcis Magna Museum

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
votive inscription
language:
Greek-Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
height:
64 cm
width:
43 cm
depth:
8 cm
letter size:
1.7-2.5 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities
geography:
present

Commentary

 
Inschriftträger: shrine-shaped stele, with bust of Serapis in the pediment and a snake before a pine cone in the centre; text carved on the pediment's frame, on the pilasters and on the pedestal. (B): IRT: Z. 5: marmorari[u]s. Fundstelle: found in the Sahel.

People

Person 1
Name:
Ἀσσκληπιάδης
Nomen:
-
Cognomen:
Ἀσσκληπιάδης
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Asclepiades Ascle[piadis filiu]s
Nomen:
-
Cognomen:
Asclepiades
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Ascle[piadis]
Nomen:
-
Cognomen:
Asclepiades+
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD021657
Work Status:
provisional
Last Update:
2014-05-23 by Bigi
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