AIUK43A no. 8 Letter to Hadrian or Antoninus Pius

Letter to Hadrian or Antoninus Pius

AIUK 4.3A (BM, Decrees of Other Bodies) no. 8 Date: 128-161 AD

. . . . . . . . . on its behalf from the . . . Hadrian the father (of his country?) or his father Hadrian . . . for its preservation and continuation for ever (5) . . . [O] greatest Emperor . . . generosity . . . [as?] we have written . . . to Auruncus the [archon or chief priest?] . . . of you for us (10) . . . Emperor, we pray.^[1]

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AIUK 4.3A (BM, Decrees of Other Bodies) no. 8 (Translated text) (AIO) (AIUK)

IG II² 1349 (PHI)

GIBM I 48

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

AIO Images: 1

Images: Krateros - (1)

Monument type: Unknown

Inscription type: Letter

Findspot: Unknown (BM 1816,0610.234)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This fragment was among the inscriptions acquired by Lord Elgin, perhaps in Athens (cf. AIUK 4.1, no. 2). For discussion see AIUK 4.3A, no. 9.

Added: 15 Dec 2020
Updated: 15 Dec 2020
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