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Caesarea, probably 222 CE - 240 CE. Column. Dedicatory.
Transcription

Valerio Calpurniano viro perfectissimo praefecto Mesopotamiae et Osrhoenae patrono metropolis ex decreto decurionum pecunia publica, Aurelio Flavio Theophilo equite Romano et decurione metropolis.

Translation

To Valerius Calpurnianus , of perfectissimate rank, prefect of Mesopotamia and Osrhoene, patron of the metropolis. By decree of the decurions, at public expense. Aurelius Flavius Theophilus , Roman knight and decurion of the metropolis was responsible.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

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Languages

Latin

Dimensions

H: 150 cm; W: 54 cm; D: —

Date

222 CE to 240 CE

Current location

Caesarea Museum

Figures

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Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

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Source of transcription

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Source of translation

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Other sources

  • L’Année Épigraphique, 1985.
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  • Eck, W. “Zu Lateinischen Inschriften Aus Caesarea in Iudaea/Syria Palaestina.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 113 (1996): 129–43.
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  • Lehmann, Clayton Miles. “Epigraphica Caesariensia.” Classical Philology 79 (1984): 45–52.
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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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  • Lehmann, Clayton Miles. “Epigraphica Caesariensia.” Classical Philology 79 (1984): 45–52.
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