Location
BSHE0004
Scythopolis-Beth Shean, 141/2 CE. Votive inscription on an altar found in the Roman basilica.
Transcription Ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ. Θεῷ Διονύσῳ κτίστῃ τῷ κυρίῳ Ϲέλευκος Ἀρίστωνος χαριστήριον. Ἒτει εσʹ. |
Translation With good fortune. Seleucus son of Ariston (dedicated this) as a thanks offering
to the god Dionysus, the lord founder. Year 205. |
Diplomatic ΑΓΑΘΗΙΤΥΧΗΙ ΘΕWΔΙΟΝΥϹWΙ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΙΤWΙΚΥ ΡΙWΙϹΕΛΕΥΚΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤWΝΟϹΧΑ
ΡΙϹΤΗΡΙΟΝΕΤΕΙΕ̅Ϲ̅ |
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Languages
Greek
Dimensions
H: —; W: —; D: —
Date
141 CE to 142 CE
Current location
On the site as of March 6th 2013
Figures
Dionysian Reliefs on all sides of altar
Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroDi Segni, Leah. “Dated Greek Inscriptions from Palestine from the Roman and Byzantine Periods.” PhD Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1997. (IIP-563).
Source of transcription
- ZoteroDi Segni, Leah. “Dated Greek Inscriptions from Palestine from the Roman and Byzantine Periods.” PhD Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1997. (IIP-563).
Source of translation
- ZoteroDi Segni, Leah. “Dated Greek Inscriptions from Palestine from the Roman and Byzantine Periods.” PhD Dissertation, Hebrew University, 1997. (IIP-563).
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