AgoraXVIII 311 Altar for Augustus (?) and Hadrian

Altar for Augustus (?) and Hadrian

Agora XVIII 311 Date: 27 BC-14 AD (ll. 1-2?); 132 AD

To Emperor Caesar Hadrian, founder, [Olympios]^[1]

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Agora XVIII 311 (Translated text) (AIO)

SEG 21.707 (PHI)

Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 3

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (emperor)

Findspot: City Eleusinion (Ag. I 4391)

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. This may have originally been an altar of Augustus, to which Hadrian's name and epithet were added in l. 3-4 (cf. Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 34).

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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