SEG 21.705 Altar for Hadrian

Altar for Hadrian

SEG 21.705 Date: 132 AD

[To saviour and founder], [Emperor] Hadrian [Olympios]^[1]

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SEG 21.705 (Translated text) (PHI)

Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 1

Agora XVIII 291

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (emperor)

Findspot: Kolonos Agoraios, southwest of Hephaisteion (Ag. I 3620)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This is one of over a hundred surviving altars from Athens dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD), as saviour, founder, and Olympios, on which see Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 7 with notes.

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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