SEG 49.208 Altar for Hadrian

Altar for Hadrian

SEG 49.208 Date: 132 AD

To saviour and founder, emperor Hadrian (5) Olympios

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SEG 49.208 (Translated text) (AIO)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (emperor)

Findspot: Athens (NM Θ 276)

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. Traces of reworking show that the altar was recycled from some earlier use.

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 17 Aug 2024
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