AgoraXVIII 293 Altar for Hadrian

Altar for Hadrian

Agora XVIII 293 Date: 132 AD

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

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Agora XVIII 293 (Translated text) (AIO)

SEG 21.708 (PHI)

Benjamin, Altars of Hadrian 4

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (emperor)

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I 5236)

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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