AgoraXVIII 310 Altar for Augustus and Hadrian

Altar for Augustus and Hadrian

Agora XVIII 310 Date: 27 BC-14 AD; 132 AD

[σωτῆρι κ]αὶ [κτίστῃ] [Ἁδ ^vv Σε]βαστῷ [Ὀλυ]- [ριαν]ῷ vac. νπίῳ [^vv ] vac. ❦ vac.

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Agora XVIII 310 (Translated text) (AIO)

SEG 14.123 (PHI)

Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 34

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (emperor)

Findspot: City Eleusinion (Ag. I 4406)

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[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. It seems that the altar was originally dedicated to Augustus (on whose cult, see Agora XVI 336) and was converted into an altar of Hadrian by adding line 1 and columns 1 and 3 around an inscription which originally read simply "to Augustus". For other altars of Augustus rededicated to Hadrian, see Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 37-38, and perhaps 3.

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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