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CAES0006

Caesarea, 284-305 CE. Column. Dedicatory.
Transcription

Imperatori Caesari Caio Valerio Diocletiano pio felici invicto Augusto, Clemens vir perfectissimus procurator devotus numini maiestatique eius.

Translation

To Emperor Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian , faithful and happy, Augustus. ... Clemens, of perfectissimate rank, procurator, devoted to his spirit and majesty.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Notes
Column of gray marble with blue and white bands, pointed at the top. Text is centered, beginning 60 mm below the necking ring. Dimensions given are for inscribed area only. The entire column is 1.35 m high and 0.43-0.46 m in diameter at the base. Same column as caes0004 and caes0005.

Languages

Latin

Dimensions

H: 42 cm; W: 42 cm; D: —

Date

284 CE to 305 CE

Current location

Israel Museum

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

  • L’Année Épigraphique, 1978.
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  • L’Année Épigraphique, 1976.
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  • Christol, M. “A Propos d’inscriptions de Césarée de Palestine: Compléments Aux Fastes de Syrie Palestine.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 22 (1976): 169–76.
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  • Avi-Yonah, Michael. “Lucius Valerius Valerianus, Governor of Syria, Palestine.” Israel Exploration Journal 16, no. 2 (1966): 135–41.
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  • Robert, J. and L. “Bulletin Épigraphique.” Revue Des Études Grecques 90 (1977): 314–448.
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  • Speidel, Michael P. “The Last of the Procurators.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 43 (1981): 363–64.
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  • L’Année Épigraphique, 1982.
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  • Petor, Hannah. “Cäsarea.” Antike Welt 1, no. 3 (1970): 47–53.
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  • Lehmann, Clayton Miles, and Kenneth G. Holum. “The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima.” In Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports, Vol. 5. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000.
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  • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Vol. 26, 1976.
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  • Lifshitz, B. “Légions Romaines En Palestine.” In Hommages à Marcel Renard, Vol. 2, edited by Jacqueline Bibauw, 458–69. Collection Latomus 102. Bruxelles, 1969.
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  • L’Année Épigraphique, 1971.
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  • L’Année Épigraphique, 1966.
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  • L’Année Épigraphique, 1967.
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  • Lifshitz, B. “Légions Romaines En Palestine.” In Hommages à Marcel Renard, Vol. 2, edited by Jacqueline Bibauw, 458–69. Collection Latomus 102. Bruxelles, 1969.
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