Inscriptions from Israel and Palestine
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Location

MEGI0002

Megiddo, 211-217 CE. Column. Dedicatory.
Transcription

Isidi Bubasti vere vere Pro salute et incolumitate domini nostri Imperatoris Caesaris Aureli Antonini Augusti praesentissimum deum Magnum Sarapidem legio VI Ferrata Constans Antoniniana Iulius Isidorianus primus pilus

Translation

To Isis, the real ...Julius Isidorianus, the first centurion of legio VI Ferrata Fidelis Constatnis Antoninianae, dedicated this to the health and prosperity of our lord Caracalla, with the great god Serapis.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The erasures reflect the damnatio memoriae of Elagabal.

Languages

Latin

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

211 CE to 217 CE

Current location

Jerusalem, Rockefeller Museum

Figures

  • Bust of Serapis on top of a globe missing, but likely at the top of the column

  • Eagle with wings spread side of column opposite the inscription

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Eck, Werner, and Yotam Tepper. “Latin Inscriptions of the Legio VI Ferrata from Legio/Lajjun and Its Vicinity.” Scripta Classica Israelica 38 (2019): 117–28.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Eck, Werner, and Yotam Tepper. “Latin Inscriptions of the Legio VI Ferrata from Legio/Lajjun and Its Vicinity.” Scripta Classica Israelica 38 (2019): 117–28.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Lendering, Jona. “Carpacotna, Inscription of VI Ferrata - Livius.” Livius, 2020. https://www.livius.org/pictures/israel/carpacotna/caparcotna-inscription-of-vi-ferrata/.
    Zotero
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"Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine," MEGI0002, 21 April 2026. https:doi.org/10.26300/pz1d-st89