SEG 59.212 Altar for Hadrian

Altar for Hadrian

SEG 59.212 Date: 132 AD

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

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SEG 59.212 (Translated text) (AIO)

SEG 21.723

SEG 21.729 (PHI)

Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 19

Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 25

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (emperor)

a - Findspot: Acropolis (EM 5764)
b - Findspot: Athens (EM 3496)

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. Line 1 was erased and reinscribed as line 4 in a different hand (S. Follet and D. Peppas-Delmousou, BCH 133, 2009, 398-400).

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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